WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 250 WILDCAT ALLEY, in MELBOURNE, Florida, WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is an average-sized four-year high school that instructs 948 students (grades 7 through 12), operated by BREVARD.

WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 109 schools operated by BREVARD, a district that teaches 73,587 students overall.

On demographics, WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brevard County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR 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 75.9%; WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 96.5%, +20.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Brevard County) reports that median household earnings sit near $78,476, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is RIVERSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 955 students in 2018 compared to 948 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 64% across the same window.

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