📍 400 Hollywood Blvd Sw, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, 32548
Fort Walton Beach High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County. The school has 1,620 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okaloosa school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 80.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 10 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program.
Fort Walton Beach High School enrolls 1,620 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 80.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 14% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 931 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 266 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 221 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 136 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 49 | 3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 13 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
680 of the school's 1,620 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 613 qualify for free lunch and 67 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fort Walton Beach High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-10, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Fort Walton Beach High School is one of 52 schools in OKALOOSA, based in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida. The district serves 32,047 students district-wide and employs 1,685 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,620 students, Fort Walton Beach High School is larger than the district average of about 616 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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