PIPER HIGH SCHOOL

PIPER HIGH SCHOOL, a roomy 9-12 campus in LAUDERHILL, Florida, operated by BROWARD, works with 2,201 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 113% larger than typical.

Within BROWARD, which oversees 325 schools and 243,591 students, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL logs that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Broward County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL reports 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.5:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PIPER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of -8.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Broward County) records that median household income runs about $77,633, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. PIPER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 338 public schools in Broward County (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students).

The closest other public school is BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PIPER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PIPER HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 9%, going from 2,428 students in 2018 to 2,201 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 68% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 today.

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