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ahschool.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 6 November 202636 issues · 102 checks
This review found 36 issues worth fixing on ahschool.com, 19 of them high impact, across 102 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
72CClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 3.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 3.5 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 3.0 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 3.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.3 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 3.2 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 3.3 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 150 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 148 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 150 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 157 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 160 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 143 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 139 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 138 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 136 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 132 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 134 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 137 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 140 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 145 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 148 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 146 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 151 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 153 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 160 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.7 s
1.4 s
2.1 s
2.7 s
3.4 s
4.1 s
4.8 s
5.5 s
ahschool.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
5.4 s · 1.3 MB27 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.3 MB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
3.5 s · 948 KiBAbout 948 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.5 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
3.6 s10 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 3.6 s.
Improve image delivery
2.3 s · 474 KiB6 images could be 474 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 2.3 s faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 41
41/100Your mobile performance score is 41. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 4.0 s
A phone's processor spends 4.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.6 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Reduce unused CSS
900 ms · 119 KiBAbout 119 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and weglot.com and others), adding 1.2 MB and 889 ms of main-thread time.
11 long tasks on the main thread
11 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 498 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Google Tag Manager adds 441 ms
441 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 441 ms of main-thread work and 499 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
2,955 HTML elements
The page has 2,955 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 35 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 35 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Font display
100 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 100 ms).
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
1 checks passed
Server response: 2 ms
2 msYour server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Largest Contentful Paint: 15.1 s
15.1 sYour largest element takes 15.1 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 19.2 s
19.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 19.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 10.2 s
10.2 sVisually, the page fills in at 10.2 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 3.9 s
3.9 sThe first text or image appears after 3.9 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 691 ms
691 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 691 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user INP: 206 ms
206 msReal visitors wait 206 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
+5%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 150 ms to 160 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.1 s
2.1 sReal visitors wait 2.1 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.08
0.08For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.08 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 519 ms
519 msReal visitors wait 519 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 13% faster for real visitors
-13%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 3.8 s to 3.3 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.043
0.043The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.043, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 13.3 MB in 138 requests
13.3 MBYour homepage downloads 13.3 MB in 138 requests on a phone: media 6.8 MB (3), images 4.1 MB (87) and scripts 1.8 MB (14). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
About 3.8 g of CO₂ per visit
3.77 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 3.77 g of CO₂e: 452.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
Delayed refresh under 20 hours must not be used (1 element)
Delayed refresh under 20 hours must not be used: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated critical by axe-core.
[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values
[aria-*] attributes do not have valid values (1 element).
2 tap targets too small
2 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 57 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
30 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 31 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 30 passed and 1 failed. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
No XML sitemap
No XML sitemap at https://www.ahschool.com/sitemap.xml, so Google discovers your pages only by following links.
1 link crawlers can't follow
1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.
No X (Twitter) card tag
No twitter:card tag. X falls back to Open Graph, which is set, so this is minor.
89 internal links, 19 external
The homepage links to 89 pages on ahschool.com and 19 external pages.
6 checks passed
Meta description: 157 characters
Your meta description is 157 characters: “American Heritage Schools is an innovative leader in private education, providing academic excellence and unparalleled …”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Home”.
Title: 60 characters
Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “American Heritage Schools: #1 Private K-12 School in Florida”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.ahschool.com/.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
No llms.txt
There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
1 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 31 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
7 checks passed
Linked pages load
4 pages of 15 loaded without an error (the rest turned automated requests away).
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 4 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
Every page has an H1
Each page we checked has a main headline.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 4 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://www.ahschool.com/favicon.ico.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 429 ()”.
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
1 broken link to your own pages
1 link from your homepage to your own site is broken, for example http://mailto:[email protected]/ (network).
2 broken external links
2 links to other sites are dead, for example https://www.linkedin.com/school/american-heritage-school-broward (999).
No Permissions-Policy
No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.
No security.txt
There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.
7 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (ahschool.com).
Valid certificate (54 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for ahschool.com and is valid for another 54 days.
Protected from clickjacking
X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.
Content-Security-Policy set
A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://ahschool.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2 and HTTP/3
The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
ahschool.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.
3 checks passed
Domain is 30 years old
30 yearsahschool.com was registered in Jan 1996 through Network Solutions, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only comodoca.com, digicert.com, godaddy.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for ahschool.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jan 2029
ahschool.com is registered until Jan 2029.
Content and conversion
No call to action on the first screen
On a phone, there is no call to action on the first screen: visitors have to scroll to find out what to do next.
No social proof
No testimonials, customer logos, ratings or customer counts on the homepage: nothing tells a new visitor that others already trust you.
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
Only about 37 words
The homepage has only about 37 words of visible text; thin pages give Google and first-time buyers little to go on.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
5 checks passed
7 calls to action
The homepage has 7 calls to action, for example “Inquire”, “Apply” and “Start Your Journey”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Meta Pixel and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Email authentication
DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)
DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be ahschool.com is still delivered. Add a report address, check the reports, then move to quarantine.
Email authentication score: 70/100
Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.
2 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 ip4:66.195.143.26 ip4:8.12.72.20 include:_spf.google.com include:senior-anywhere.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com…”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k2” and “smtp”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
1 cookie set on arrival
1Opening the homepage sets 1 cookie (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
2 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 2 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
No known trackers before consent
No known advertising or analytics trackers load before a visitor clicks anything (measured from a US location before any click).
Upkeep, stack and company
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
Hiring
- Hiring
- 59 open roles
- Job board
- adp
Company
- Founded
- 1965
- Headquarters
- Fort Lauderdale
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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