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Which teacher or staff member at SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,024
High
DISTRICT 1,228 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008231
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL
9385 BOYNTON BEACH BLVD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33472 · (561) 732-8252 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,024 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Florida public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
43.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
318 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 | 291 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 269 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 237 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 227 | 22% |
Student demographics
71%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
72.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 47.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,024 | 31.1% | 62.5% |
| WINTHROP COLLEGE PREP ACADEMY FORT LAUDERDALE | 1,055 | 26.2% | 49.3% |
| TRADITION PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 956 | 36.5% | 48.1% |
| KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL KEY WEST | 1,337 | 36.1% | 44.3% |
| SHERIDAN TECHNICAL COLLEGE HOLLYWOOD | 543 | 30.6% | 89.4% |
| CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,429 | 34.6% | 40.9% |
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 SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #150 of 555 | #10 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #229 of 549 ▼ 58 | #16 of 32 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #102 of 559 ▲ 11 | #6 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,024 | #392 of 830 | #24 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 43.8:1 | #567 of 575 | #31 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #33 of 594 | #2 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #467 of 630 | #25 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.1% | #28 of 246 | #2 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
1,024
+58 (+6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
43.8:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 1,024 | 23.4 | 43.8:1 | 31% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 1,002 | 37 | 27.1:1 | 38% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 1,074 | 30.5 | 35.2:1 | 36% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 37 | 26.1:1 | 46% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 21 | 35.0:1 | 37% (273) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 27% (116) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, and it is part of PALM BEACH. Its enrollment is 1,024 students, spread over grades 9 through 12.
District-wide, PALM BEACH has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
At SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 34%. Enrollment also includes 30% Black, 29% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL has 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 43.8:1. The school's 43.8:1 compares with an average of 23.5:1 for high schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%. The rate at public schools in Palm Beach County averages 45%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Florida public high schools.
In Florida, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 62.5% actual against a predicted 65.6%.
Looking at the county, Palm Beach County, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 245 public schools.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL from the closest public school, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 69.0% on proficiency, and SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 62.5%.
NCES describes the area around SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL as a charter school.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% increase, from 966 to 1,024. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 26.1:1 to 43.8:1.
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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
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 BOYNTON BEACH
- BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 1,559 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACHElementary · 1,247 students
- SOUTH TECH ACADEMYHigh · 1,141 students
- CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,137 students
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,079 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUSElementary · 1,047 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 597
- SUNSET PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 909
- WEST BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 896
- HAGEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 745
- BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH3.3 mi · 229
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,079
Frequently asked questions
About SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL?
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,024 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 43.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 34% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL?
SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.