SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Located at 1325 GATEWAY BLVD, in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a tight-knit middle-grades school that works with 529 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within PALM BEACH. That puts it 33% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 233 schools in PALM BEACH (191,505 students total), SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 39% Hispanic, 4% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.6%; this one delivers 61.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

The closest other public school is QUANTUM HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The school occupies a residential site. SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 530 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 42% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 37.9:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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