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What's the one class at SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,167
High
DISTRICT 983 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUWANNEE·NCES 120183001946
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL
1314 PINE AVE SW, LIVE OAK, FL 32064 · (386) 647-4000 · Suwannee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,167 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
24.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
553 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 9 | 319 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 323 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 275 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 250 | 21% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
47.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
23.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 28.0% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,167 | 47.4% | 46.2% |
| ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 1,656 | 45.8% | 33.5% |
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 1,444 | 46.7% | 42.6% |
| WILLISTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL WILLISTON | 1,121 | 50.8% | 47.7% |
| BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 1,904 | 45.7% | 46.8% |
| TITUSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 1,275 | 48.4% | 51.4% |
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 SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #383 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #479 of 549 ▼ 118 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #404 of 559 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,167 | #362 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #424 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #174 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #273 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #209 of 289 |
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
1,167
+45 (+4%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,341
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 1,167 | 47.6 | 24.5:1 | 47% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 1,202 | 52.1 | 23.1:1 | 59% (705) |
| 2022-23 | 1,177 | 51.1 | 23.0:1 | 56% (655) |
| 2020-21 | 1,122 | 52 | 21.6:1 | 48% (543) |
| 2017-18 | 1,224 | 68 | 18.0:1 | 74% (909) |
| 2015-16 | 1,258 | 72 | 17.5:1 | 34% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 1,282 | 66 | 19.4:1 | 56% (715) |
| 2000-01 | 1,370 | 66 | 20.8:1 | 25% (336) |
| 1990-91 | 1,341 | 62 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL.
About SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in LIVE OAK, Florida, according to federal school records. It enrolled 1,167 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
SUWANNEE counts 10 schools and 6,004 students, including SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL.
White students form the largest group at SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL, 50% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 29% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Suwannee County, the White share is about 74%. The chance that two students picked at random at SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
The school reported 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 24.5:1. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 47% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Suwannee County is 9 points.
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 30% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL are 11.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.2% actual, 57.4% predicted).
Suwannee County has about 45,342 residents, and median household income is about $56,658, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Suwannee County number 13 and enroll about 6,004.
SUWANNEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 1,122 in 2020-21 and 1,167 in 2024-25, a increase of 45 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 21.6:1 to 24.5:1.
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Suwannee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,342
Census ACS
Median income
$56,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SUWANNEE
- SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 971 students
- SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 901 students
- BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 799 students
- BRANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 712 students
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARYElementary · 615 students
Other schools in LIVE OAK
- SUWANNEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 971 students
- SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 901 students
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARYElementary · 658 students
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARYElementary · 615 students
- SUWANNEE VIRTUAL SCHOOLCombined · 98 students
- SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOLCombined · 66 students
Nearby schools
- SUWANNEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL0.2 mi · 98
- SUWANNEE OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 66
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 615
- SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 901
- SUWANNEE PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 658
- COMMUNITY BASE SERVICE STUDENTS0.4 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL?
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,167 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL have?
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL?
At SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 29% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL?
SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SUWANNEE in Suwannee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.