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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
875
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002629
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4243 SABAL LAKES RD, DELRAY BEACH, FL 33445 · (561) 894-7100 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL875 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
370 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
64.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 62.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 875 | 42.3% | 60.8% |
| DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY ORANGE PARK | 915 | 44.5% | 68.0% |
| CHAFFEE TRAIL ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 884 | 43.4% | 50.9% |
| CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 871 | 46.2% | 58.8% |
| THE CONSERVATORY SCHOOL AT NORTH PALM BEACH NORTH PALM BEACH | 896 | 48.8% | 64.2% |
| OCEANWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 728 | 44.0% | 58.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #827 of 2,136 | #53 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #897 of 2,149 ▼ 34 | #57 of 129 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #987 of 2,149 ▼ 278 | #61 of 129 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 875 | #342 of 2,267 | #31 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #969 of 2,077 | #78 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #296 of 2,108 | #19 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.3% | #1,520 of 2,188 | #80 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #967 of 1,374 | #47 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
875
-20 (-2%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 981
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 875 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 42% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 57 | 15.3:1 | 49% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 56 | 15.1:1 | 51% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 895 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 59% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 75 | 12.9:1 | 54% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 983 | 79 | 12.4:1 | 53% (518) |
| 2010-11 | 1,052 | 71 | 14.8:1 | 41% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 1,043 | 58 | 18.0:1 | 51% (528) |
| 1990-91 | 981 | 58 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in DELRAY BEACH, Florida, (ZIP code 33445). It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 875 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
PALM BEACH runs 233 schools with a combined 191,505 students. BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
The most common group at BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black students, at 41%. Other groups include 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 19% Black. BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 56 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.6:1 here. Around 42% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Palm Beach County average 45%.
The allk12 Grade for BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Palm Beach County, where the median household income is $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 60.8% versus a 49.6% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 895 students in 2020-21 and 875 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in DELRAY BEACH
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,810 students
- PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTSElementary · 826 students
- MORIKAMI PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 806 students
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 680 students
- ORCHARD VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
- VILLAGE ACADEMY ON THE ART & SARA JO KOBACKER CAMPUSCombined · 648 students
Nearby schools
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 680
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,810
- CROSSPOINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 621
- S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 494
- SOUTH AREA SECONDARY INTENSIVE TRANSITION PROGRAM2.1 mi · 78
- VILLAGE ACADEMY ON THE ART & SARA JO KOBACKER CAMPUS2.5 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 875 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.