SOUTH TECH ACADEMY

SOUTH TECH ACADEMY operates as a mid-sized 9-12 campus in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, overseen by PALM BEACH. Current enrollment sits at 1,141 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

SOUTH TECH ACADEMY is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that caters to 191,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH TECH ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 11% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTH TECH ACADEMY reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting SOUTH TECH ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOUTH TECH ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 67.5%, a residual of +12.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SOUTH TECH ACADEMY is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: HAGEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOUTH TECH ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH TECH ACADEMY at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.9%.

SOUTH TECH ACADEMY operates from a bedroom-community location. As a public charter, SOUTH TECH ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH TECH ACADEMY has showed little movement, going from 1,144 students in 2018 to 1,141 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 32.7:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

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