PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of sprawling scale in LAKE WORTH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, teacheing 2,881 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 178% bigger than typical.

PALM BEACH runs 233 schools in total, collectively educating 191,505 students. PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL logs 164 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 3,088 students in 2018 compared to 2,881 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 56% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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