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Best kept secret at CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,079
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002523
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL
6500 LE CHALET BLVD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33472 · (561) 374-6600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,079 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.4:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
326 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 | 322 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 385 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 372 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%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
72.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 71.9% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,079 | 30.2% | 70.9% |
| THOMAS E. WEIGHTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,270 | 27.5% | 55.9% |
| WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE ROYAL PALM BEACH | 1,097 | 33.8% | 68.2% |
| BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,345 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL VALRICO | 1,027 | 33.9% | 58.0% |
| POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 1,122 | 25.6% | 71.0% |
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 CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #83 of 560 | #6 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #107 of 560 ▲ 4 | #7 of 36 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #85 of 560 ▼ 13 | #8 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,079 | #103 of 584 | #17 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #22 of 547 | #5 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #57 of 553 | #6 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #473 of 565 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #182 of 379 | #9 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
1,079
-381 (-26%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,509
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,079 | 70 | 15.4:1 | 30% (326) |
| 2023-24 | 1,189 | 69 | 17.2:1 | 34% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 1,387 | 75 | 18.5:1 | 35% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 1,460 | 84 | 17.4:1 | 43% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 1,271 | 73 | 17.4:1 | 34% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 1,122 | 67 | 16.8:1 | 35% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 1,135 | 62 | 18.3:1 | 23% (258) |
| 2000-01 | 1,477 | 63 | 23.4:1 | 29% (429) |
| 1990-91 | 1,509 | 78 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Federal records list CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL as a middle-grades school in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida. It enrolled 1,079 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average about 794 students each.
PALM BEACH is made up of 233 schools with 191,505 students in all.
White students are the largest group at CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL, with 41% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Palm Beach County's residents are about 53% White, 12 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 70 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.4:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 30%. The 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 15 points higher.
allk12 grades CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 70.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 66.0%.
Among Palm Beach County residents, median household income is about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, with a combined enrollment of about 192,831.
Of nearby public schools, BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL had 1,460 students in 2020-21 and 1,079 in 2024-25, a 26% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 BOYNTON BEACH
- BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 1,559 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACHElementary · 1,247 students
- SOUTH TECH ACADEMYHigh · 1,141 students
- CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,137 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUSElementary · 1,047 students
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,024 students
Other Christa Mcauliffe Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Christa Mcauliffe Middle. CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the largest of the 5.
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 806 students
- Christa McAuliffe MiddleStockton, CA · 734 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolJackson, NJ · 665 students
- Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolBAY CITY, MI · 608 students
Nearby schools
- BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH0.3 mi · 229
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,881
- CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 785
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,268
- HIDDEN OAKS K-82.0 mi · 835
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACH2.1 mi · 1,247
Frequently asked questions
About CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,079 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE 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.