📍 1325 Gateway Blvd, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, 33426
South Tech Preparatory Academy is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County. The school has 540 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
South Tech Preparatory Academy enrolls 540 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 42% Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 268 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 228 | 42% |
| White | 25 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
415 of the school's 540 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 412 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.
South Tech Preparatory Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 90.
South Tech Preparatory Academy is one of 234 schools in PALM BEACH, based in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The district serves 189,634 students district-wide and employs 11,177 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 540 students, South Tech Preparatory Academy is smaller than the district average of about 810 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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