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Enrollment
1,185
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001519
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1700 BARTON RD, LAKE WORTH, FL 33460 · (561) 540-9100 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,185 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
813 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 60 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 188 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 189 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 171 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 222 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 180 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (188) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (180).
Student demographics
53%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
28.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
46.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 40.8% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,185 | 68.6% | 35.7% |
| HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,103 | 67.8% | 39.9% |
| LEISURE CITY K-8 CENTER HOMESTEAD | 1,059 | 69.9% | 47.2% |
| SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,456 | 68.5% | 36.8% |
| COCONUT PALM K-8 ACADEMY HOMESTEAD | 1,159 | 68.6% | 39.7% |
| SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 1,111 | 68.5% | 35.1% |
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 BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,960 of 2,136 | #119 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,702 of 2,149 ▲ 90 | #103 of 129 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #2,084 of 2,149 ▲ 19 | #125 of 129 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,185 | #90 of 2,267 | #6 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,444 of 2,077 | #108 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #1,203 of 2,108 | #67 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.6% | #509 of 2,188 | #35 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.1% | #112 of 621 | #6 of 47 |
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
1,185
+104 (+10%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 933
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 1,185 | 69.4 | 17.1:1 | 69% (813) |
| 2023-24 | 1,147 | 64.5 | 17.8:1 | 71% (820) |
| 2022-23 | 1,064 | 73 | 14.6:1 | 80% (848) |
| 2020-21 | 1,081 | 63 | 17.2:1 | 98% (1,054) |
| 2017-18 | 911 | 73 | 12.5:1 | 97% (881) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 75 | 12.7:1 | 99% (936) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 93% (817) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 96% (708) |
| 1990-91 | 933 | 54 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in LAKE WORTH, Florida. School enrollment was 1,185 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
PALM BEACH has a total of 233 schools and 191,505 students, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
By race and ethnicity, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 27% Black, 5% Native American, and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Palm Beach County's population at about 24%. The chance that two students picked at random at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.1:1, with 69.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 69% of enrollment. Across public schools in Palm Beach County, the average is 45%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 35.7%. Predicted: 46.8%.
Federal survey data for Palm Beach County show that median household income is about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 245 public schools operate in Palm Beach County, serving about 192,831 students.
Nearby, PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARY is about 0.7 miles away. BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 35.7% compares with 40.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 10%, from 1,081 to 1,185.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 LAKE WORTH
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,589 students
- DR. JOAQUIN GARCIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,541 students
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,307 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,268 students
- LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,136 students
Other Barton Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Barton Elementary. BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 10.
- Barton Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 848 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPATCHOGUE, NY · 515 students
- Barton ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 508 students
- Barton ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 485 students
- Barton ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 418 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 579
- LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 517
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 819
- SOUTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 624
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY1.3 mi · 438
- LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,589
Frequently asked questions
About BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,185 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.