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Alumni: what's one memory from BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,246
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003637
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15101 BENT CREEK RD, WELLINGTON, FL 33414 · (561) 904-9800 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,246 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
172 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 199 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 217 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 221 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 235 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 211 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (211).
Student demographics
61%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
83.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
84.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 83.0% | 84.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.7% | 78.2% |
% 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
83.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (83.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,246 | 13.8% | 83.1% |
| AUDUBON PARK SCHOOL ORLANDO | 1,184 | 14.3% | 83.8% |
| SUNRISE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,132 | 17.9% | 81.6% |
| BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 1,114 | 17.2% | 68.3% |
| WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 966 | 18.8% | 72.5% |
| IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT SOUTH LAKE CLERMONT | 1,064 | 20.5% | 77.7% |
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 BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #83 of 2,136 | #9 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #160 of 2,149 ▲ 114 | #14 of 129 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #86 of 2,149 ▼ 21 | #7 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,246 | #71 of 2,267 | #5 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,064 of 2,077 | #86 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #856 of 2,108 | #46 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #2,080 of 2,188 | #125 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.8% | #143 of 621 | #11 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
1,246
+371 (+42%) vs 2020
+20% since 2000-01, when it was 1,041
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 1,246 | 78.5 | 15.9:1 | 14% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 1,212 | 71 | 17.1:1 | 19% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 1,147 | 62 | 18.5:1 | 18% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 875 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 26% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 998 | 65 | 15.3:1 | 23% (233) |
| 2015-16 | 1,014 | 71 | 14.3:1 | 22% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 1,115 | 68 | 16.4:1 | 14% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 1,041 | 47 | 22.1:1 | 6% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in WELLINGTON, Florida. Its 1,246 students are spread across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH, where 233 schools serve 191,505 students.
White students make up a majority at BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 53%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, Palm Beach County is about 53% White. BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.9:1, with 78.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.6 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. That is 31 points below the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
Test results at BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 8.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (83.1% actual, 74.3% predicted).
In the county around the school, Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Palm Beach County is home to 245 public schools and about 192,831 public school students.
Nearest public school: WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 875 in 2020-21 and 1,246 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size.
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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
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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 WELLINGTON
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
- WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,689 students
- WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,227 students
- EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,221 students
- POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Nearby schools
- WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE1.0 mi · 1,227
- WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 897
- LOXAHATCHEE GROVES ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 695
- WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL2.3 mi · 711
- WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 2,689
- NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,246 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 53% White, 33% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.