Palm Bay Magnet High School — Palm Bay, Florida

Palm Bay Magnet High sits at 101 Pirate Lane with a Melbourne, FL 32901 mailing address, so the Brevard Public Schools campus that carries Palm Bay in its name is not addressed to Palm Bay.

The school's own page gives 101 Pirate Lane, Melbourne, FL 32901, with the front office at (321) 952-5900 and fax (321) 877-0997 (Palm Bay Magnet High). The federal directory agrees, returning a single match for Palm Bay Magnet: palm bay magnet senior high school, 101 Pirate Ln, Melbourne, in Brevard County (NCES search, Palm Bay Magnet). This page makes no claim about which city limits the campus falls inside.

One federal code hints at the difference. NCES classes the Pirate Lane campus in a City, Small (13) locale (NCES, Palm Bay Magnet), while it classes Palm Bay elementaries such as Jupiter Elementary on Tupelo Road as City, Midsize (12) (NCES, Jupiter Elementary). Palm Bay Magnet's official name in that directory is Palm Bay Magnet Senior High School, NCES School ID 120015000104, state school ID FL-05-2021.

The City of Palm Bay tells newcomers that the city has three public high schools, but its new resident page does not list them by name (City of Palm Bay new resident information). Palm Bay Magnet is one of three Brevard Public Schools high schools tied to Palm Bay by name or address, with Bayside High at 1901 Degroodt Road SW, Palm Bay (Bayside High) and Heritage High at 2351 Malabar Rd NW, Palm Bay (Heritage High). Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the Brevard Public Schools website.

Palm Bay Magnet enrolled 1,359 students in 2024-2025, nearly all in grades 9 through 12, with 71.50 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers and 19.01 students per teacher.

NCES lists the Palm Bay Magnet grade span as 8 to 12 and counts 709 male and 650 female students in the official 2024-2025 data (NCES, Palm Bay Magnet). The by-grade figures show where those students sit: the tenth grade was the largest class and only two students were in grade 8.

The 20 prekindergarten children in the Palm Bay Magnet count line up with the Pirate VPK on campus, which the school ties to its Early Childhood Education program, where high school students get hands-on experience (Palm Bay Magnet programs). The six rows add to 20 plus 2 plus 328 plus 397 plus 378 plus 234, or 1,359.

The senior class at Palm Bay Magnet, 234 students, was the smallest of the four high school grades in 2024-2025, about 160 fewer than the tenth grade (397 minus 234 is 163).

Palm Bay Magnet High received a C in Florida's 2025-26 school grades, with 559 points across 10 components, or 56 percent of possible points, four points short of the 60 percent a high school needs for a B.

For high and combination schools the state scale is: B for 60 to 64 percent of points, C for 45 to 59 percent and D for 35 to 44 percent (FLDOE grading scale). Palm Bay Magnet's row shows 559 points on 10 components, 56 percent, with 95 percent of eligible students tested (FLDOE, Palm Bay Magnet, T132). High schools carry two components elementaries do not: the 4-year graduation rate and the share of students eligible for college and career credit through AP, dual enrollment and similar routes (Florida Statutes 1008.34).

Mathematics is the weak point on the Palm Bay Magnet report: 27 percent of tested students reached achievement level and 38 percent made learning gains (FLDOE ELA and math, Palm Bay Magnet). The graduation rate for the 2024-25 cohort was 90, and 69 percent of students counted toward college and career acceleration; science (60) and social studies (57) sat close to the school's 56 percent overall (FLDOE, Palm Bay Magnet, M132).

The other two high schools tied to Palm Bay both earned a B in 2026: Bayside High on Degroodt Road (FLDOE, Bayside High) and Heritage High on Malabar Road (FLDOE, Heritage High).

Palm Bay Magnet High earned six A grades between 2002 and 2013, but has been graded C in every year the state graded schools since 2016.

The FLDOE file traces the Pirate Lane school back to 1999. Palm Bay Magnet opened the record with C grades in 1999, 2000 and 2001, then posted A grades in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008, with B grades in the years between (FLDOE, 1999 to 2010). It added A grades in 2011 and 2013 and B grades in 2012, 2014 and the 2015 informational baseline (FLDOE, 2011 to 2015).

Since 2016 Palm Bay Magnet has received a C in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, the 2023 informational baseline, 2024, 2025 and 2026 (FLDOE, 2016 to 2026). The file has no 2020 column, and its 2021 column is blank for Palm Bay Magnet.

Palm Bay Magnet High is a Title I school, and the state counts 87.3 percent of its students as economically disadvantaged.

The FLDOE file flags Palm Bay Magnet Senior High as Title I (FLDOE Title I flag, Palm Bay Magnet), and the school's menu carries a page for the Title 1 Program at PBMHS (Palm Bay Magnet High). NCES counts 706 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 632 free and 74 reduced-price, about 52 percent of 1,359 (NCES lunch eligibility).

By race and ethnicity, Palm Bay Magnet enrolled 494 White, 414 Black, 280 Hispanic, 148 multiracial, 18 Asian, 3 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 2 American Indian or Alaska Native students in 2024-2025 (NCES race and ethnicity). White students made up about 36 percent of the school and Black students about 30 percent.

Palm Bay Magnet also posts Military Family Resources under the Purple Star Program, for students from military-connected families (Palm Bay Magnet High).

Palm Bay Magnet High lists 18 career, academic and arts programs, from a 4-year Fire Academy and a 911 dispatcher course to Ducks Unlimited conservation fieldwork, plus 18 athletics team pages.

The Palm Bay Magnet Fire Academy runs four years and works with Brevard County Fire Rescue, Eastern Florida State College (EFSC), Melbourne and Palm Bay (Palm Bay Magnet programs). Other career tracks include Building and Construction Technologies, Digital Media, Exercise Science, which prepares students for the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant credential, and AVID, a college preparatory program.

In the Ducks Unlimited program, Palm Bay Magnet students study conservation management and environmental policy around Florida, do live fieldwork and can earn a certification. The music program runs from Beginning Band to Show Choir to Chamber Orchestra, and visual arts covers 2D Studio Art levels 1 to 3, 3D Studio Art and AP Art (Palm Bay Magnet programs).

The Marine Corps JROTC unit at Palm Bay Magnet fields PT, drill, academic and air rifle teams. The athletics menu has pages for baseball, boys and girls basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, cross country, football, boys and girls golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling (Palm Bay Magnet athletics).