ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE
MARGATE · FL · BROWARD · Public
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SLAM BOCA → DAVE THOMAS EDUCATION CENTER WEST → A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL → CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL → SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOL → MCFATTER TECHNICAL COLLEGE → SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARD → WHIDDON RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 6 calculus classes · 6 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 54th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 76th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How ATLANTIC TECHNICAL COLLEGE compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 54th percentile nationally with 2 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: SLAM BOCA, DAVE THOMAS EDUCATION CENTER WEST, A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
54th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2176th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 680 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,448 per student in district revenue, the 24 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $274,752/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLAM BOCA MIAMI |
Public · charter | 6.9 | 583 | +53.0% |
| DAVE THOMAS EDUCATION CENTER WEST COCONUT CREEK |
Public | 0.2 | 420 | -14.3% |
| A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL BOCA RATON |
Public | 10.9 | 678 | +1.2% |
| CORAL SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 972 | +6.8% |
| SUNFIRE HIGH SCHOOL OAKLAND PARK |
Public · charter | 5.5 | 474 | +140.6% |
| MCFATTER TECHNICAL COLLEGE DAVIE |
Public | 11.2 | 596 | +0.0% |
| SUNED HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH BROWARD MARGATE |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 353 | +16.1% |
| WHIDDON RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER FORT LAUDERDALE |
Public | 10.9 | 570 | +4.0% |