SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL is one of the sprawling secondary schools in STUART, Florida, overseen by MARTIN, with 1,775 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL sits 71% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 32 schools in MARTIN (18,316 students total), SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 41% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL logs 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 52.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Martin County shows median household income runs about $82,943, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Martin County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students), of which SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,933 (now 1,775). White enrollment moved from 57% to 47% across the same window.

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