SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY

As a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in PORT SAINT LUCIE, Florida, SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves 1,463 students from grades 6 through 12, run under ST. LUCIE. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

ST. LUCIE runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 49,308 students. SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 28% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 33.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against St. Lucie County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.0%; this one delivers 65.4%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Lucie County) reports that median household income runs about $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY has grew 114%, going from 685 students in 2018 to 1,463 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 33.3:1 in 2025.

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