Summary:
In zip code 32926, there is one high school, Cocoa High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 and is part of the Brevard district, a 3-star rated district ranked 24th out of 70 in Florida.
Cocoa High School has a total enrollment of 1,432 students and a student-teacher ratio of 16:1. The school has a 1-star rating and ranks in the 21st percentile statewide, placing it in the bottom quarter of Florida high schools. A key concern is the significant and consistent academic performance gap, with proficiency rates in core subjects like Algebra 1 (32% proficient) and 10th-grade ELA (49% proficient) falling 20-30 percentage points below district and state averages. The graduation rate is 80.3%, which is notably lower than the district's 92.7% and state's 92.2%, and chronic absenteeism affects 25% of students, higher than the district average of 21.1%.
Despite these challenges, the school shows relative strengths in Biology 1 (54% proficient) and US History (56% proficient), though these still trail benchmarks. The school serves a population with high economic need, as 64.39% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and per-student spending is $12,497. The data suggests that while financial resources are allocated, they have not yet closed the performance gap, and the disconnect between the graduation rate and low test scores indicates that many students may be graduating without achieving grade-level proficiency in key subjects.
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