FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
FORT PIERCE · FL · ST. LUCIE · Public
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ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER → DATA HOUSE → Liberty Baptist Academy → St James Academy → INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY → Synergy School Of Tomorrow Inc → Florida State Christian Academy → PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 11 calculus classes · 3 physics · 17 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 2.3% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 98% (Top 2.3% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 11 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER, DATA HOUSE, Liberty Baptist Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
80th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 2.3% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Top 2.3% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,178 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,742 per student in district revenue, the 626 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $7,976,492/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER FORT PIERCE |
Public | 0.9 | 46 | — |
| DATA HOUSE FORT PIERCE |
Public | 1.1 | 3 | — |
| Liberty Baptist Academy Fort Pierce |
Private | 1.3 | 340 | -21.3% |
| St James Academy Fort Pierce |
Private | 2.2 | 300 | — |
| INDEPENDENCE CLASSICAL ACADEMY FORT PIERCE |
Public · charter | 2.3 | 14 | — |
| Synergy School Of Tomorrow Inc Fort Pierce |
Private | 2.4 | 716 | +35.3% |
| Florida State Christian Academy Fort Pierce |
Private | 2.4 | 374 | — |
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST FORT PIERCE |
Public | 2.4 | 37 | — |