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What's something BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,076
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001509
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1060 KIRK RD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33406 · (561) 304-2000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,076 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
674 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 | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 183 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 176 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 165 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 188 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 182 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (182).
Student demographics
38%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
43.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 47.2% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,076 | 62.6% | 47.4% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY JACKSONVILLE | 1,068 | 64.8% | 35.0% |
| COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LABELLE | 935 | 62.1% | 43.8% |
| MATER PALMS ACADEMY HIALEAH GARDENS | 866 | 63.0% | 55.7% |
| FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 953 | 64.6% | 54.9% |
| CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 976 | 64.7% | 36.6% |
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 BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,467 of 2,136 | #82 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,566 of 2,149 ▼ 35 | #88 of 129 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,613 of 2,149 ▲ 81 | #85 of 129 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,076 | #147 of 2,267 | #10 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #951 of 2,077 | #77 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,702 of 2,108 | #108 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #805 of 2,188 | #55 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #1,101 of 1,374 | #59 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
1,076
+23 (+2%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,076 | 69 | 15.6:1 | 63% (674) |
| 2023-24 | 1,031 | 68.3 | 15.1:1 | 71% (732) |
| 2022-23 | 1,046 | 65.5 | 16.0:1 | 70% (735) |
| 2020-21 | 1,053 | 66 | 15.9:1 | 87% (916) |
| 2017-18 | 1,152 | 84 | 13.7:1 | 85% (974) |
| 2015-16 | 1,122 | 88 | 12.8:1 | 85% (957) |
| 2010-11 | 993 | 77 | 12.9:1 | 74% (737) |
| 2000-01 | 912 | 53 | 17.2:1 | 66% (600) |
| 1990-91 | 848 | 55 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school for students in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. There are 1,076 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
A total of 233 schools make up PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students enrolled.
The student body at BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 77% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 13% White and 8% Black. Palm Beach County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 53 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
With 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 63% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 45% for public schools in Palm Beach County.
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Florida public elementary schools.
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.4% is 2.4 points below the 49.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Palm Beach County area, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Palm Beach County with 244 other public schools.
PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 47.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,053 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,076.
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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 WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Other Berkshire Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Berkshire Elementary. BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 6.
- Berkshire ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 932 students
- Berkshire Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 688 students
- Berkshire ElementaryBurton, OH · 517 students
- Berkshire ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 514 students
- Berkshire Elementary SchoolRichford, VT · 185 students
Nearby schools
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,397
- PALM BEACH COUNTY JAIL0.9 mi · 14
- ESE OTHER TEACHING SERVICES1.0 mi · 121
- SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES1.2 mi · 400
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (SLAM) MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM1.2 mi · 324
- SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH1.2 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,076 students in grades PK-05.
Is BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 69 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 77% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BERKSHIRE 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.