BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY

Set in BOCA RATON, Florida, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a large K-5 school, overseen by PALM BEACH. It enrolls 912 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 51% bigger than typical.

BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that teaches 191,505 students overall.

Demographically, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY reports 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.9%; this one delivers 80.9%.

In the surrounding community, Palm Beach County reports that median household income runs about $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

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