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Enrollment
529
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008242
SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY
1325 GATEWAY BLVD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33426 · (561) 318-8087 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
333 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 164 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 181 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 35% |
Student demographics
54%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
70.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
65.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 51.2% |
% 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
61.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY
SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (61.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 529 | 62.9% | 61.1% |
| FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 687 | 62.9% | 33.4% |
| BROWNSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL MIAMI | 477 | 58.5% | 34.3% |
| DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 657 | 68.2% | 41.3% |
| HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOL EL PORTAL | 342 | 63.5% | 47.1% |
| LOCKHART MIDDLE ORLANDO | 660 | 65.5% | 39.1% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #180 of 560 | #17 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #192 of 560 ▲ 119 | #18 of 36 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #101 of 560 ▲ 30 | #10 of 36 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #463 of 584 | #35 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #242 of 547 | #33 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #336 of 553 | #22 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #131 of 565 | #9 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #377 of 379 | #26 of 27 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
529
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 529 | 27.9 | 18.9:1 | 63% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 26.5 | 19.9:1 | 69% (366) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 77% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 23 | 23.1:1 | 94% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 14 | 37.9:1 | 90% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 91% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY
SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a small middle school in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, under PALM BEACH. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 529 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 33% smaller than that.
The district for SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is PALM BEACH, with 233 schools and 191,505 students.
Black students are the majority at SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY, with 56% of enrollment. The school is also 39% Hispanic and 4% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 19%. SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 27.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.9:1. That is close to the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 63%. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
The allk12 Grade for SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is A-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY would be expected to post about 49.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.1%.
Census estimates describe Palm Beach County this way: the median household income is $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
QUANTUM HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY. SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY places 2nd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Enrollment went from 532 in 2020-21 to 529 in 2024-25, a change of 3 students. The school's ratio fell from 23.1:1 to 18.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- QUANTUM HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 435
- BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH0.5 mi · 1,559
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUS1.1 mi · 1,047
- CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,137
- POINCIANA STEM ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.4 mi · 430
- GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 595
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 529 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY is approximately 18.9:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
At SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 39% Hispanic, 56% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY 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.