Original Research by School Decision on Mcarthur High School
McArthur High School sits on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Florida, a coastal South Florida city that publicly reported sources describe as blending urban living with a beach-oriented atmosphere. The Hollywood Beach Broadwalk anchors the city's public waterfront identity, while major employers range from Memorial Healthcare System and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino to HEICO Corporation, an aerospace and defense firm headquartered in the city, and regional gateways like Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades. That economic mix shapes the kinds of industries and career paths students in this community can observe close to home.
McArthur is a regular public high school within Broward County Public Schools, serving students in grades nine through twelve. Its enrollment is substantial for a single high school, spread across all four grade levels with the senior class running slightly larger than the others. The school population is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with smaller shares of white and Asian students, making it one of the more racially and ethnically diverse schools in South Florida. Close to half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which means a meaningful portion of the student body comes from lower-income households. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
The most significant gap in this profile is the absence of academic performance data. Florida state assessment results were not reported in the data provided, so there is no proficiency picture to offer here. Graduation rate data is similarly absent. Parents who want to understand how students at McArthur perform on state tests or how the school compares to others within Broward County will want to look at the Florida Department of Education's school accountability reports directly, which publish annual school grades and subject-level proficiency breakdowns. The comparison framework built for this profile, which would normally position the school relative to districts in Broward County, found no applicable metrics because the underlying figures were missing.
Program and course access data was not provided, so there is no information here about AP offerings, dual enrollment, career and technical education pathways, or extracurricular programs. That is a real gap for a family evaluating an academic pathway for a high schooler. The school's own website and the Broward district's program catalog would be the right places to investigate what academic options are available.
The housing market surrounding the school reflects broader South Florida dynamics. Home values in the zip code sit above the Florida state benchmark and well above national figures, and they have edged slightly downward year over year. Rents are similarly elevated, with the rent-to-income ratio running high relative to national norms, meaning housing affordability is a genuine constraint for families in this area. A renter considering a move here should plan for monthly rent consuming a substantial share of household income at current levels.
Broward County Public Schools is a large urban district, and no recent parent-relevant district-level changes were confirmed through research before the available information ran out. That absence is noted here rather than filled in.
For a family with a high schooler, the honest summary is that McArthur is a large, diverse urban public high school in a city with an active economic base and a high cost of living, but the data available right now does not let anyone characterize its academic outcomes or program depth with confidence. Checking the Florida DOE school accountability page for McArthur and speaking directly with the school about course offerings would close the gaps this profile cannot.
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