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Enrollment
976
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003902
CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6680 DILLMAN RD, GREENACRES, FL 33413 · (561) 383-9600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL976 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
631 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 160 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 175 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 156 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (156).
Student demographics
45%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
34.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 34.3% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 976 | 64.7% | 36.6% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
| HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 817 | 64.3% | 49.4% |
| FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 953 | 64.6% | 54.9% |
| DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY DAVENPORT | 938 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM SPRINGS | 1,069 | 68.1% | 42.3% |
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 CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,929 of 2,136 | #117 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,587 of 2,149 ▲ 395 | #92 of 129 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #1,971 of 2,149 ▲ 82 | #114 of 129 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 976 | #218 of 2,267 | #18 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #695 of 2,077 | #57 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #1,559 of 2,108 | #92 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #703 of 2,188 | #46 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #873 of 1,374 | #39 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
976
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 931
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 976 | 65 | 15.0:1 | 65% (631) |
| 2023-24 | 966 | 60.8 | 15.9:1 | 71% (686) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 57.3 | 16.3:1 | 72% (677) |
| 2020-21 | 966 | 71 | 13.6:1 | 92% (892) |
| 2017-18 | 1,101 | 89 | 12.4:1 | 88% (970) |
| 2015-16 | 1,104 | 91 | 12.1:1 | 93% (1,023) |
| 2010-11 | 931 | 67 | 13.9:1 | 81% (753) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in GREENACRES, Florida, as a large elementary school. The school enrolls 976 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 62% bigger than that.
PALM BEACH operates 233 schools. Combined enrollment is 191,505 students.
Roughly 72% of students at CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 19% Black and 7% White. Palm Beach County's residents are about 24% Hispanic, 47 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 65 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.0:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 65% of enrollment. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 48.8% and the result is 36.6%.
Census estimates describe Palm Beach County this way: the median household income is $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
The closest other public school is PINE JOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 36.6% compares with 53.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
CHOLEE LAKE 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.
Enrollment went from 966 in 2020-21 to 976 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students. The school's ratio rose from 13.6:1 to 15.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 GREENACRES
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- OKEEHEELEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,401 students
- L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,275 students
- LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 914 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 817 students
- TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
Nearby schools
- PINE JOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 817
- OKEEHEELEE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,401
- MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 664
- FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 953
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,760
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 818
Frequently asked questions
About CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 976 students in grades PK-05.
Is CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 72% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHOLEE LAKE 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.