PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL

Set in PLANTATION, Florida, PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL is an expansive 9-12 campus, overseen by BROWARD. It caters to 1,696 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 64% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

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

On demographics, PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL logs that Black students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL shows 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.7%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -11.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Broward County shows median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Broward County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), of which PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MIRROR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PLANTATION HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 2,189 (now 1,696). Class-load math has widened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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