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What's the biggest difference between PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
2,881
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004020
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
7900 S JOG RD, LAKE WORTH, FL 33467 · (561) 491-8400 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,881 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Florida public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
164 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
592 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 729 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 693 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 763 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 696 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.5% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 46.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,881 | 20.5% | 68.2% |
| WEST ORANGE HIGH WINTER GARDEN | 2,752 | 20.3% | 57.6% |
| MANDARIN HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,343 | 22.3% | 64.5% |
| LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOL MINNEOLA | 2,309 | 21.4% | 52.1% |
| WINTER PARK HIGH WINTER PARK | 3,277 | 24.0% | 62.6% |
| CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 2,006 | 20.8% | 55.6% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #109 of 555 | #7 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #189 of 549 ▼ 5 | #13 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #83 of 559 ▲ 26 | #4 of 32 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,881 | #33 of 830 | #3 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #71 of 575 | #7 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #98 of 594 | #5 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.5% | #555 of 630 | #34 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #181 of 289 | #9 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,881
-243 (-8%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 2,929
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,881 | 164 | 17.6:1 | 21% (592) |
| 2023-24 | 2,915 | 161.6 | 18.0:1 | 25% (738) |
| 2022-23 | 3,191 | 166 | 19.2:1 | 28% (901) |
| 2020-21 | 3,124 | 163 | 19.2:1 | 41% (1,275) |
| 2017-18 | 3,088 | 164 | 18.8:1 | 33% (1,029) |
| 2015-16 | 3,035 | 162 | 18.7:1 | 35% (1,066) |
| 2010-11 | 2,929 | 152 | 19.3:1 | 21% (603) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
About PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in LAKE WORTH, Florida. It enrolls 2,881 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. The school is 178% above the average for high schools in Florida.
PALM BEACH is the local district for PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. It runs 233 schools with 191,505 students.
The biggest share of students at PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, 48%, is White. Next come 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The school's 164 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. Statewide, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Income data for the school show 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of Florida public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is 2.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Palm Beach County show that median household income comes to about $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 68.2% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.6:1, from 19.2:1.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,730 students
Other schools in LAKE WORTH
- LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,589 students
- DR. JOAQUIN GARCIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,541 students
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,307 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,268 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,185 students
- LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,136 students
Nearby schools
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,079
- BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH0.7 mi · 229
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,268
- CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 785
- HIDDEN OAKS K-81.8 mi · 835
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACH1.9 mi · 1,247
Frequently asked questions
About PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,881 students in grades 09-12.
Is PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 48% White, 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.