BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 4243 SABAL LAKES RD, in DELRAY BEACH, Florida, BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary school that hosts 875 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under PALM BEACH. Enrollment runs roughly 45% larger than the state mean of about 604.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 60.8%.

In the surrounding community, Palm Beach County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 10%, going from 968 students in 2018 to 875 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 36% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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