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Alumni: what's one memory from ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,579
High
DISTRICT 1,159 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000090
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
220 RAIDER RD, ROCKLEDGE, FL 32955 · (321) 636-3711 · Brevard County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
761 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 433 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 446 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 384 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 316 | 20% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
52.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 7.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,579 | 48.2% | 43.4% |
| BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL PALM BAY | 2,122 | 47.7% | 45.6% |
| BAY HIGH SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 1,289 | 44.2% | 51.8% |
| LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL LEESBURG | 1,724 | 47.7% | 33.0% |
| PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 1,359 | 51.9% | 35.9% |
| TITUSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 1,275 | 48.4% | 51.4% |
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 ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #436 of 555 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #408 of 549 ▲ 137 | #9 of 16 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #332 of 559 ▼ 38 | #10 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,579 | #272 of 830 | #5 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #218 of 575 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #60 of 594 | #5 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #258 of 630 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #206 of 246 | #6 of 6 |
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
1,579
+62 (+4%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 902
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 1,579 | 74.8 | 21.1:1 | 48% (761) |
| 2023-24 | 1,547 | 74.8 | 20.7:1 | 50% (769) |
| 2022-23 | 1,558 | 73 | 21.3:1 | 50% (776) |
| 2020-21 | 1,517 | 74 | 20.5:1 | 52% (785) |
| 2017-18 | 1,533 | 77 | 19.9:1 | 40% (619) |
| 2015-16 | 1,447 | 74 | 19.6:1 | 41% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 1,242 | 72 | 17.3:1 | 23% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 1,563 | 79 | 19.8:1 | 10% (155) |
| 1990-91 | 902 | 61 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the name of a large high school in ROCKLEDGE, Florida. The school's enrollment of 1,579 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students each.
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belongs to BREVARD, a district of 109 schools and 73,587 students.
White students form the largest group at ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 44% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Brevard County residents are about 73% White. The chance that two students picked at random at ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
Federal data list 74.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.1:1. Among high schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 23.5:1. The lunch program counts 48% of students at ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
A school with ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 57.0%. ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 43.4%, 13.6 points below that line.
Brevard County has about 632,780 residents, and median household income is about $78,476, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 113 public schools in Brevard County, with a combined enrollment of about 73,587.
RONALD MCNAIR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 43.4% compares with 56.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,517 in 2020-21 and 1,579 in 2024-25, a 4% gain.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- VIERA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,532 students
Other schools in ROCKLEDGE
- HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 480 students
- GOLFVIEW ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
- RALPH M WILLIAMS JUNIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- RONALD MCNAIR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 262 students
Nearby schools
- RONALD MCNAIR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 262
- GOLFVIEW ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.1 mi · 448
- EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY1.3 mi · 339
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 447
- TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 569
- MILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,579 students in grades 09-12.
Is ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the student diversity at ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 44% White, 20% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by BREVARD in Brevard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.