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How has PIPER HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
2,201
High
DISTRICT 1,336 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018000264
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL
8000 NW 44TH ST, LAUDERHILL, FL 33351 · (754) 322-1700 · Broward County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,201 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Florida public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
23.5:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
907 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 498 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 578 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 560 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 565 | 26% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
49.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 43.0% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 PIPER HIGH SCHOOL
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIPER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,201 | 41.2% | 51.8% |
| MIRAMAR HIGH SCHOOL MIRAMAR | 1,950 | 43.4% | 51.0% |
| COCONUT CREEK HIGH SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 1,972 | 45.4% | 43.8% |
| PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL PLANTATION | 1,696 | 44.9% | 47.5% |
| FIRST COAST HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,098 | 42.1% | 50.2% |
| BOYD H. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL LAUDERDALE LAKES | 2,256 | 48.7% | 46.5% |
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 PIPER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #293 of 555 | #28 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #256 of 549 ▼ 51 | #29 of 45 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #365 of 559 ▼ 79 | #32 of 45 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,201 | #127 of 830 | #14 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #368 of 575 | #14 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #458 of 594 | #44 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #343 of 630 | #19 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #148 of 289 | #19 of 28 |
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
2,201
-14 (-1%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,702
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 2,201 | 93.7 | 23.5:1 | 41% (907) |
| 2023-24 | 2,418 | 98 | 24.7:1 | 48% (1,156) |
| 2022-23 | 2,310 | 92 | 25.1:1 | 65% (1,495) |
| 2020-21 | 2,215 | 98 | 22.6:1 | 65% (1,433) |
| 2017-18 | 2,428 | 112 | 21.7:1 | 78% (1,893) |
| 2015-16 | 2,459 | 109 | 22.6:1 | 65% (1,604) |
| 2010-11 | 2,666 | 133 | 20.1:1 | 55% (1,471) |
| 2000-01 | 3,322 | 139 | 23.9:1 | 26% (876) |
| 1990-91 | 1,702 | 85 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIPER HIGH SCHOOL.
About PIPER HIGH SCHOOL
Families in LAUDERHILL, Florida, are served by PIPER HIGH SCHOOL, a high-enrollment high school. Its enrollment is 2,201 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 1,035.
Besides PIPER HIGH SCHOOL, BROWARD runs 324 other schools. The district enrolls 243,591 students.
The largest group at PIPER HIGH SCHOOL is Black students, at 73%. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 28% of Broward County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL has 93.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 23.5:1. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 41% at PIPER HIGH SCHOOL. The figure for public schools in Broward County is close, at 38%.
Among Florida public high schools, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.8% is 8.7 points below the 60.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Broward County, median household income comes to about $77,633, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 338 public schools and about 244,502 students.
BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.9 miles from PIPER HIGH SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL is 9th among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
Federal data show 2,215 students in 2020-21 and 2,201 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to PIPER HIGH SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in LAUDERHILL
- PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- LAUDERHILL 6-12High · 716 students
- ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- CASTLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 548 students
- LARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MONTESSORI ACADEMYElementary · 385 students
Other Piper High schools
One other US public school is named Piper High. PIPER HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Piper HighKansas City, KS · 913 students
Nearby schools
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 427
- DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 789
- WESTPINE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 730
- CHALLENGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 830
- WELLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 589
- MILLENNIUM 6-12 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY1.8 mi · 1,435
Frequently asked questions
About PIPER HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIPER HIGH SCHOOL?
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,201 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does PIPER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PIPER HIGH SCHOOL have?
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL employs 94 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PIPER HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PIPER HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 16% Hispanic, 73% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is PIPER HIGH SCHOOL in?
PIPER HIGH SCHOOL is part of BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.