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What's the one class at SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,503
High
DISTRICT 1,159 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015002977
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
6150 BANYAN ST, COCOA, FL 32927 · (321) 638-0750 · Brevard County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,503 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Florida public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
675 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 307 | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 264 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 231 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 249 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 167 | 11% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
58.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 56.5% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,503 | 44.9% | 58.4% |
| PEDRO MENENDEZ HIGH SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,403 | 45.0% | 54.2% |
| CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL INVERNESS | 1,465 | 43.4% | 43.9% |
| FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL FORT WHITE | 1,101 | 46.3% | 52.2% |
| CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL CRYSTAL RIVER | 1,293 | 41.3% | 44.3% |
| HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL HUDSON | 1,497 | 48.3% | 45.3% |
Matched among Florida high 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 SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #194 of 555 | #6 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #109 of 549 ▲ 3 | #4 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #236 of 559 ▼ 31 | #7 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,503 | #288 of 830 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #247 of 575 | #9 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #465 of 594 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.9% | #310 of 630 | #8 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #191 of 289 | #6 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,503
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+28% since 2000-01, when it was 1,178
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 1,503 | 70 | 21.5:1 | 45% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 1,488 | 76 | 19.6:1 | 48% (716) |
| 2022-23 | 1,534 | 80 | 19.2:1 | 49% (748) |
| 2020-21 | 1,502 | 79 | 19.0:1 | 51% (769) |
| 2017-18 | 1,597 | 84 | 19.0:1 | 43% (693) |
| 2015-16 | 1,474 | 79 | 18.7:1 | 43% (631) |
| 2010-11 | 1,742 | 100 | 17.4:1 | 26% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 1,178 | 63 | 18.7:1 | 21% (251) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in COCOA, Florida. The school serves 1,503 students in grades 7 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in Florida is roughly 1,035 students; this school is 45% larger than that.
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one school in BREVARD, a system of 109 schools with 73,587 students.
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 74% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Black. The White share in Brevard County as a whole is similar, at about 73%. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 70 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 21.5:1. That is lower than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 45% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Brevard County average 42%.
The allk12 Grade for SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 68% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 58.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.7%.
In the county around the school, Brevard County, the median household income is $78,476, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 113 public schools in Brevard County, enrolling about 73,587 students in all.
The next-closest public school is ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL was 1,502 in 2020-21 and 1,503 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The ratio was 19.0:1 in 2020-21 and 21.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
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- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
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Other schools in COCOA
- COCOA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,432 students
- ENDEAVOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 732 students
- ATLANTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 650 students
- SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
Nearby schools
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 597
- CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 431
- ATLANTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 650
- SCULPTOR CHARTER SCHOOL3.0 mi · 558
- BREVARD COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER3.3 mi · 28
- BREVARD COUNTY JAIL COMPLEX3.4 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,503 students in grades 07-12.
Is SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the student diversity at SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 74% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.