High · Florida
Turning Points Academy
AlternativeFree meals for allTurning Points Academy, a public high school in West Palm Beach, Florida: grades 6–12, 97 students, 8.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Palm Beach.
Size and class size
Compared with high 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
- 97
- Teachers (FTE)
- 12.0
- Students per teacher
- 8.1
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 93% of high schools in Florida
Median 21.6 · 762 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 81% of high schools in Florida
Median 948 · 833 schools compared
Smaller than 82% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 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%5.4%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 92% of high schools in Florida
Median 45% · 146 high schools compared
37 students tested, grades 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%14%proficient
+11.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of high schools in Florida
Median 39% · 146 high schools compared
36 students tested, grades 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
- High · Grades 6–12
- Type
- District school · Alternative
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Midsize city
- Run by
- Palm Beach
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Palm Beach.
Location
- Address
- 1950 Benoist Farms Rd, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
- Phone
- (561)681-3700
- City or town
- West Palm Beach
- County
- Palm Beach County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Royal Palm Beach High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,353 | 19.0 |
Palm Beach Central High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,760 | 19.4 |
The Learning Center High SchoolCharterSpecial education | 9–12 | 11 | 11.0 |
Somerset Academy Wellington High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 104 | 17.4 |
Palm Beach Lakes High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,809 | 21.8 |
Florida Futures AcademyCharterAlternative | 9–12 | 129 | 23.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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.
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