PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY

PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY operates as a close-knit four-year high school in LANTANA, Florida, part of PALM BEACH. Current enrollment sits at 438 students spanning grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 58% smaller than typical.

PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that serves 191,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 18% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.7%; this one delivers 43.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

The closest other public school is LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 164%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 40% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.