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Best kept secret on campus at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH?
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Enrollment
2,914
High
DISTRICT 1,262 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177003503
ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH
1485 SW CASHMERE BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34986 · (772) 344-4400 · St. Lucie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,914 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
115 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
1,484 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
51.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,914
+363 (+14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 20.9:1
% White
26%
was 39%
% Hispanic
34%
was 31%
% Black
34%
was 24%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH
As a well-populated high school in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH instructs 2,914 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE. That puts it 182% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.
ST. LUCIE comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 49,308 students; ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH is among them.
On demographics, ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 34% Black, 26% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.
In the surrounding community, census data for St. Lucie County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,457 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH is one.
The closest other public school is ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.
The school occupies an inner-city site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 14%: 2,551 students in 2018 compared to 2,914 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
- WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,639 students
Nearby schools
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,662
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-80.9 mi · 1,700
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY1.0 mi · 527
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 879
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,727
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE1.6 mi · 1,413
Frequently asked questions
About ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH?
ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH enrolls approximately 2,914 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH serve?
ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH is approximately 25.3:1 (115 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH?
Student demographics at ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH are roughly 26% White, 34% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH?
ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH is overseen by ST. LUCIE in St. Lucie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.