LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE
KEY WEST · FL · MONROE · Public · K-12 combined
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KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL → SOMERSET ISLAND PREP → KEYS CENTER → MONROE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER → MONROE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER → THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ACADEMY → MARATHON SCHOOL → CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE compares for families
What families should know about LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE.
- ▸ 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: KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL, SOMERSET ISLAND PREP, KEYS CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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.
🏛️ 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +10.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 12 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL KEY WEST |
Public | 0.0 | 1,337 | +1.8% |
| SOMERSET ISLAND PREP KEY WEST |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 88 | +6.0% |
| KEYS CENTER KEY WEST |
Public | 0.6 | 8 | — |
| MONROE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER KEY WEST |
Public | 2.2 | 2 | — |
| MONROE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER KEY WEST |
Public | 2.3 | 1 | — |
| THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ACADEMY KEY WEST |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 62 | — |
| MARATHON SCHOOL MARATHON |
Public | 45.1 | 464 | +21.5% |
| CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL TAVERNIER |
Public | 83.5 | 753 | +1.2% |