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POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of middle-of-the-pack scale in POMPANO BEACH, Florida, operated by BROWARD, hosting 1,322 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 28% above typical.
BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 28% Hispanic, 22% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Broward County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Broward County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.4%; POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL posts 89.1%, +20.7 points above that line.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Broward County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, 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 POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: POMPANO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 52.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Looking at the recent track record. POMPANO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,205 (now 1,322). The White share of enrollment fell from 46% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 24.9:1 in 2025.
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