WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL

Set in BOCA RATON, Florida, WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL is a well-populated high school, part of PALM BEACH. It teaches 2,376 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL sits 130% above that benchmark.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL has 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.8%; this one delivers 72.0%.

Around the school, census data for Palm Beach County shows median household earnings sit near $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL has rose 9%, going from 2,180 students in 2018 to 2,376 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 today.

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