# PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `120150004121` - **School name**: PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL - **Location**: WELLINGTON, FL 33411 - **Address**: 8499 FOREST HILL BLVD - **District**: PALM BEACH (LEAID `1201500`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: High - **Grade range**: 9–12 - **Coordinates**: 26.65258, -80.17962 - **Phone**: (561)304-1000 - **Wikidata QID**: Q7127978 — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach_Central_High_School - **Founded**: 2003 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 2,760 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 142 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 19.4:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 37.0% ## State accountability rating - **System**: FL School Grade - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: A - **Indicators**: - overall: A ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (FL School Grade)**: 82.0% proficient ## Graduation rates - **2024**: 97.0% - **2021**: 97.0% (cohort of 747) ## SAT/ACT participation (2020) - **SAT/ACT takers**: 977 ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 6.3% (183 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 0.3% (7 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 0.3% (7 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 5.0% (141 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.4% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 39.7% - **Black/African American**: 4.0% - **Asian**: 20.0% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 33.2% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.1% - **Two or more races**: 2.6% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 39.1% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 14.4% — 409 students - **English Learners**: 5.0% — 141 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 170 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 48 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 40 students - **Autism**: 38 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 23 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 6 students - **Hearing Impairment**: 2 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 2 students - **Visual Impairment**: 2 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Advanced Placement (AP) ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $12,009 - **Federal share**: $1,185 - **State + local share**: $10,826 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $15,532,108 - **Federal share**: 15.3% - **State share**: 21.7% - **Local share**: 63.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,014,132 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $151,811 - **Poverty rate**: 6.7% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 63.5% - **Unemployment**: 4.7% - **Median gross rent**: $3,090 - **Foreign-born residents**: 20.0% - **Single-parent households**: 23.1% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 11.8 miles (TRANS CIRCUITS INC) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 5 - **Nearest brownfield**: 3.03 miles (FORMER PIKE UTILITIES SITE) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: WELLINGTON WTP - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2024-10-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.39436 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 3.5 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY** — 1.3 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.25%) - **EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY** — 1.8 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.25%) - **EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 1.8 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.25%) - **DISCOVERY KEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 2.1 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.25%) - **PALM BEACH JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY** — 2.6 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.25%) ### ela proficiency - **EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY** — 1.3 mi away, 73% (this school: 60%) - **EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY** — 1.8 mi away, 87.5% (this school: 60%) - **EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 1.8 mi away, 69% (this school: 60%) - **RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WELLINGTON** — 2.1 mi away, 65% (this school: 60%) - **DISCOVERY KEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 2.1 mi away, 70.5% (this school: 60%) ### graduation rate - **WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL** — 5.3 mi away, 99% (this school: 97%) - **PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL** — 6.9 mi away, 98% (this school: 97%) - **LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL** — 7.4 mi away, 99% (this school: 97%) - **ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS** — 8.4 mi away, 100% (this school: 97%) - **SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL** — 8.6 mi away, 98% (this school: 97%) ### math proficiency - **EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY** — 1.3 mi away, 70% (this school: 49%) - **OKEEHEELEE MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 1.5 mi away, 67% (this school: 49%) - **CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.8 mi away, 52% (this school: 49%) - **EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY** — 1.8 mi away, 90% (this school: 49%) - **EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL** — 1.8 mi away, 74% (this school: 49%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington - **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/performance - **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/context - **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/palm-beach-central-high-school-wellington/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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