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ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-tier elementary school in PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 634 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under PALM BEACH.
PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 65.7%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) reports that median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.1%.
ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 710 students in 2018 compared to 634 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 27% to 23% across the same window.
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