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What advice would you give to incoming students at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,058
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001558
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
1251 NW 8TH ST, BOCA RATON, FL 33486 · (561) 416-8700 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
397 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 282 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 371 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 405 | 38% |
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
62.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.1% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 63.7% |
% 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,058 | 37.5% | 60.4% |
| OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 851 | 35.6% | 62.6% |
| MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL VALRICO | 1,027 | 33.9% | 58.0% |
| BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL BRANDON | 1,108 | 34.7% | 56.1% |
| GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL GROVELAND | 985 | 40.0% | 43.7% |
| WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 1,097 | 33.8% | 68.2% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #189 of 560 | #18 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #203 of 560 ▼ 25 | #19 of 36 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #170 of 560 ▲ 33 | #18 of 36 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #114 of 584 | #18 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #20 of 547 | #4 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #77 of 553 | #8 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #426 of 565 | #22 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #44 of 379 | #2 of 27 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,058
-320 (-23%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,439
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 1,058 | 69 | 15.3:1 | 38% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 1,191 | 65 | 18.3:1 | 40% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 1,225 | 71 | 17.3:1 | 41% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 1,378 | 84 | 16.4:1 | 52% (711) |
| 2017-18 | 1,560 | 93 | 16.8:1 | 43% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 1,536 | 86 | 17.9:1 | 44% (683) |
| 2010-11 | 1,338 | 74 | 18.1:1 | 43% (574) |
| 2000-01 | 1,194 | 64 | 18.7:1 | 38% (448) |
| 1990-91 | 1,439 | 79 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in BOCA RATON, Florida. Its enrollment is 1,058 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 794.
Enrollment across the 233 schools in PALM BEACH totals 191,505 students.
Of every 100 students at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 39 are White, the largest group. The school is also 35% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is lower than the 53% White share among all Palm Beach County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL has a ratio of 15.3:1. Compared with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 38%.
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of Florida public middle schools.
The model predicts 62.4% for a school in Florida with BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 60.4%.
For the population of Palm Beach County, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
Of the public schools around it, BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 60.4% against a local average of 74.1%.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 1,378 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 1,058 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 16.4:1 to 15.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 BOCA RATON
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,730 students
- WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- OLYMPIC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,239 students
- EAGLES LANDING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,466 students
- VERDE K-8Elementary · 1,360 students
Nearby schools
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 2,819
- ADDISON MIZNER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,184
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 95
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA EAST1.4 mi · 391
- A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,326
- BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 912
Frequently asked questions
About BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 15.3:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 35% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
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