Middle · Florida

South Tech Preparatory Academy

CharterCareer and technicalFree meals for all

South Tech Preparatory Academy, a public middle school in Boynton Beach, Florida: grades 6–8, 529 students, 18.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Palm Beach.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
529
Teachers (FTE)
27.9
Students per teacher
18.9
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 55% of middle schools in Florida

Median 19.2 · 571 schools compared

More students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 79% of middle schools in Florida

Median 805 · 581 schools compared

Larger than 51% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Florida: 57%

70%proficient

+8.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 82% of middle schools in Florida

Median 54% · 581 middle schools compared

524 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

61%proficient

+12.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 65% of middle schools in Florida

Median 52% · 581 middle schools compared

435 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 6–8
Type
Charter school · Career and technical
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large suburb

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Palm Beach.

Location

Address
1325 Gateway Blvd, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Phone
(561)318-8087
City or town
Boynton Beach

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
6–884514.331%28%
Lantana Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–881915.837%38%
6–81,07915.472%70%
Tradewinds Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–881616.838%41%
Palm Beach Preparatory Charter Academy Middle SchoolCharterAlternativeFree meals for all
6–837—5.9%0.0%
L C Swain Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–81,27515.537%41%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 120150008242