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Enrollment
2,452
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002233
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH
6880 LAWRENCE RD, LANTANA, FL 33462 · (561) 642-6200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,452 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- C+Beats 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
19.5:1
126 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
1,252 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 1% |
| Grade 9 | 581 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 596 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 658 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 598 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%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
52.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.0pp 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 37 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 23.0% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH this school | 2,452 | 51.1% | 47.1% |
| WEKIVA HIGH APOPKA | 2,148 | 51.9% | 40.2% |
| ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 2,353 | 47.7% | 45.5% |
| TAMPA BAY TECH HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 2,181 | 50.5% | 59.8% |
| SPOTO HIGH SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 1,933 | 52.0% | 49.1% |
| BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 1,608 | 50.4% | 38.3% |
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 SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #361 of 555 | #20 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #325 of 549 ▲ 115 | #20 of 32 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #331 of 559 ▲ 58 | #20 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,452 | #79 of 830 | #11 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #134 of 575 | #19 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #244 of 594 | #18 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.1% | #217 of 630 | #18 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #234 of 289 | #13 of 18 |
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
2,452
-104 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 2,748
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 2,452 | 126 | 19.5:1 | 51% (1,252) |
| 2023-24 | 2,568 | 129 | 19.9:1 | 59% (1,522) |
| 2022-23 | 2,675 | 130 | 20.6:1 | 61% (1,642) |
| 2020-21 | 2,556 | 134 | 19.1:1 | 84% (2,149) |
| 2017-18 | 2,525 | 126 | 20.0:1 | 72% (1,810) |
| 2015-16 | 2,401 | 127 | 18.9:1 | 73% (1,752) |
| 2010-11 | 2,246 | 122 | 18.4:1 | 56% (1,256) |
| 2000-01 | 3,640 | 180 | 20.2:1 | 18% (660) |
| 1990-91 | 2,748 | 151 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH.
About SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH, located in LANTANA, Florida, is a large high school. It has an enrollment of 2,452 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Florida average about 1,035 students, which makes this school 137% above average.
In PALM BEACH, 233 schools enroll a combined 191,505 students.
At SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH, Black students make up the biggest share, 49%. Other groups include 39% Hispanic and 9% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 19% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 126 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.5:1. High schools in Florida have an average ratio of 23.5:1. About 51% of students at SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Florida public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 47.1% actual against 55.6% predicted.
In Palm Beach County, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Palm Beach County has 245 public schools with about 192,831 students, including SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH.
Among nearby public schools, ROYAL PALM SCHOOL is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH enrolled 2,556 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 2,452.
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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
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- 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 LANTANA
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 792 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 579 students
- LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARYHigh · 438 students
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOLCombined · 286 students
Nearby schools
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOL0.2 mi · 286
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CENTRAL PALM0.5 mi · 764
- FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 694
- STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 792
- HIDDEN OAKS K-81.2 mi · 835
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACH1.2 mi · 1,247
Frequently asked questions
About SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGHHow large is SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH?
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH enrolls approximately 2,452 students in grades 09-12.
Is SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH?
At SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH, the student body is approximately 9% White, 39% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH public or private?
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.