SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized four-year high school in RIVIERA BEACH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH. Current enrollment sits at 1,522 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% above the state mean of about 1,035.

SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that teaches 191,505 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 24% Hispanic, 23% Black, 17% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.6%; SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL posts 88.3%, +19.6 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 1,604 students in 2018 compared to 1,522 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 37% to 30% over that span.

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