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SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH
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 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH operates as a sprawling high school in LANTANA, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH. Current enrollment sits at 2,452 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 137% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.
Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH records that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 39% Hispanic, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.6%; this one delivers 47.1%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH is one.
The closest other public school is ROYAL PALM SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH has fell 3%, going from 2,525 students in 2018 to 2,452 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 39% to 49% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, the feed for SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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