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Enrollment
2,353
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003223
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
10600 OKEECHOBEE BLVD, ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL 33411 · (561) 753-4000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,353 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.0:1
124 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
1,123 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 534 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 613 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 595 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 611 | 26% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
48.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,353 | 47.7% | 45.5% |
| OCOEE HIGH OCOEE | 2,514 | 45.7% | 55.5% |
| SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH LANTANA | 2,452 | 51.1% | 47.1% |
| DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 2,120 | 43.8% | 40.8% |
| WEKIVA HIGH APOPKA | 2,148 | 51.9% | 40.2% |
| TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 2,181 | 50.5% | 59.8% |
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 ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #399 of 555 | #21 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #405 of 549 ▼ 73 | #24 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #389 of 559 ▼ 11 | #23 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,353 | #98 of 830 | #14 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #118 of 575 | #17 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #160 of 594 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #265 of 630 | #19 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #164 of 246 | #7 of 10 |
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
2,353
0 (0%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 2,446
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 2,353 | 124 | 19.0:1 | 48% (1,123) |
| 2023-24 | 2,372 | 127 | 18.7:1 | 51% (1,219) |
| 2022-23 | 2,343 | 121 | 19.4:1 | 57% (1,334) |
| 2020-21 | 2,353 | 127 | 18.5:1 | 76% (1,800) |
| 2017-18 | 2,199 | 128 | 17.2:1 | 68% (1,487) |
| 2015-16 | 2,229 | 125 | 17.8:1 | 67% (1,498) |
| 2010-11 | 2,054 | 116 | 17.7:1 | 48% (982) |
| 2000-01 | 2,446 | 111 | 22.0:1 | 14% (334) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL.
About ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is a public large high school in ROYAL PALM BEACH, Florida. Enrollment totals 2,353 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 127% bigger than that mark.
A total of 233 schools make up PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students enrolled.
At ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 45%. Enrollment also includes 35% Hispanic, 13% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the Black share is about 19%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 19.0:1 is based on 124 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%.
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Florida public high schools.
Test results at ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL are 11.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (45.5% actual, 57.3% predicted).
In Palm Beach County, median household income comes to about $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE is about 1.7 miles from ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 59.0% proficiency; ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL posts 45.5%.
The federal government classifies ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 2,353 students in 2020-21 and 2,353 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in ROYAL PALM BEACH
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,097 students
- H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 864 students
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 752 students
- WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 711 students
- ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 643 students
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE1.7 mi · 752
- PALM BEACH JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY1.7 mi · 42
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 533
- H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 864
- THE LEARNING CENTER HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 11
- THE LEARNING CENTER2.1 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,353 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL have?
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL employs 124 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 13% White, 35% Hispanic, 45% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL in?
ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.