📍 200 Beach Drive, Destin, Okaloosa County, 32541
Destin High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Destin, Okaloosa County. The school has 470 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Diane Kelley. It is part of the Okaloosa school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. It operates as a public charter school. The school offers 3 AP courses, a gifted and talented program.
Destin High School enrolls 470 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 373 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 7.7% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 6.2% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
50 of the school's 470 students (11%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 47 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Destin High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-10, state senate district 2, state house district 4.
Destin 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 470 students, Destin High School is smaller than the district average of about 616 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize