West Shore Junior/Senior High School in Melbourne, Florida

West Shore Junior/Senior High School serves grades 7 through 12 for Brevard Public Schools from 250 Wildcat Alley in Melbourne.

The federal Common Core of Data lists West Shore at 250 Wildcat Alley, Melbourne, FL 32935, phone (321) 242-4730, with 948 students in grades 7 to 12 in its 2024-2025 count (NCES public school search, West Shore). The school's own site gives the same address and phone and adds a fax line, 321-735-9767, and its motto: to serve every student with excellence as the standard (West Shore Jr/Sr High, Brevard Public Schools). The Wildcat name runs through the site, from Wildcat Alley itself to the Wildcat Weekly newsletter and a Welcome New Wildcats page. Under About Us the school links a West Shore School Bio, a School Data Profile and Registration Information for New Students (West Shore Jr/Sr High site).

Florida grades West Shore as a combination school: the 2025-26 school grades file marks it as school type 04, which the file's legend defines as Combination, in district 05 Brevard, school number 3141 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades, West Shore). Its charter and Title I columns in that row both read NO.

Florida's 2025-26 grades give West Shore an A, with 87 percent of total possible points and every eligible student tested.

The state file, released as of September 1, 2026, credits West Shore with 960 points across 11 components and a percent tested of 100 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades, West Shore). For high and combination schools the A line sits at 65 percent of points or greater, B at 60 to 64 percent and C at 45 to 59 percent (FLDOE grading scale note). Under Florida law an A stands for excellent progress, and a school has to test no less than 95 percent of the students eligible for the assessments (Florida Statutes 1008.34).

The four achievement scores are 96 for English Language Arts, 98 for math, 95 for science and 99 for social studies, and the graduation rate component reads 100 (FLDOE components, West Shore). The growth components read 71 for learning gains in both ELA and math, 72 for ELA gains among the lowest 25 percent and 60 for math gains in that group.

Each of West Shore's 11 grade components is worth 100 points under Florida law, and the state file reports the school's result as a percent of total possible points.

Section 1008.34 of the Florida Statutes sets the pieces of the Melbourne school's score. The first group measures passing rates: how many eligible West Shore students passed the state tests in English Language Arts, math, science and social studies. The second group measures growth, as the share of students making Learning Gains in ELA and in math, counted once for all eligible students and once for those who placed in the bottom 25 percent on the previous year's tests; the statute leaves the definition of a Learning Gain to State Board of Education rule (Florida Statutes 1008.34).

Because its row includes grades 7 and 8, West Shore also has a middle school acceleration score, 99 on the 2025-26 file (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades, West Shore). Under the statute, that component counts the eligible students in grades 7 and 8 who pass a high school end-of-course exam or earn a national industry certification from the CAPE funding list (Florida Statutes 1008.34). The upper grades add two components of their own. One is the 4-year graduation rate; the other, college and career acceleration, counts students who qualified for college or career credit by an AP, IB or AICE exam, by dual enrollment, by a CAPE industry certification, or by an Armed Services Qualification Test score in Category II or higher together with at least two JROTC credits. West Shore's 2024-25 figures for those two were 100 and 99.

West Shore has an A for every graded year in the state file from 2001 through 2026, after a B in 2000; 2021 has no grade listed.

The Florida Department of Education keeps each school's grades back to 1999 in the same spreadsheet. West Shore's row shows no grade for 1999 and none for 2021, and the 2015 and 2023 entries are labeled informational baseline grades (FLDOE grade history, West Shore).

An A also carries a budget provision in state law: the school may be given more say over allocating its total budget drawn from the FEFP, state categoricals, lottery funds, grants and local funds (Florida Statutes 1008.34). The statute also builds in a moving target. If A and B schools make up 75 percent or more of the graded schools of a type, which for West Shore is the combination type, the statute requires the minimum percentages for each grade to be reset upward for the next year.

West Shore enrolled 948 students in grades 7 to 12 in 2024-2025, and the Melbourne school posts lottery application information for families using Brevard's school choice process.

The state file puts West Shore's share of economically disadvantaged students at 11 percent and lists the school as not Title I (FLDOE, West Shore economically disadvantaged share). The federal enrollment count of 948 covers grades 7 through 12 (NCES public school search). The NCES locator draws on Common Core of Data files for both 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 but marks its student column as 2024-2025 data, so the 948 figure describes 2024-2025, not the current 2026-27 enrollment at the Melbourne campus.

The school's Lottery Application Information post, dated October 22, 2024, carries four links: one guide on setting up a parent portal and applying online for families new to the district, one on choice applications for students already enrolled in Brevard, one on ELP/EPO renewal with the Just Moved and Sports Only applications, and the School Choice Timeline (West Shore lottery application information). The school's About Us menu also links Registration Information for New Students. The school choice programs guide covers how Brevard's choice options work across Melbourne.

West Shore's site lists gifted services, small learning communities, a senior project, college preparation and financial aid help, plus athletics, music, visual arts and theatre.

Under Academics the Melbourne school's menu names Gifted Services, Small Learning Communities (SLC) and a Senior Project, and its School Counseling section covers College Prep, Scholarship Information and Financial Aid (West Shore Jr/Sr High site). Outside class, the site lists Clubs and Activities, Athletics, Music and Visual Arts, and a West Shore Theatre Arts Booster Club among its departments. Support services named on the site include a clinic, a media center, a school resource officer under Security, Food Services at the West Wing Cafe and a Military Family Resources page.

For parents, the site links a School Advisory Council, a PTA website, Business Partners and the West Shore School Profile 2025-2026, along with the Focus portal for parents and students (West Shore Jr/Sr High site). The front office answers at 321-242-4730.

Last verified: October 21, 2026, by re-opening West Shore's row and grading-scale note in FLDOE's SchoolGrades26.xlsx, the NCES Common Core of Data listing, the school's Brevard Public Schools home page and lottery post, and Florida Statutes 1008.34.