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Enrollment
1,342
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001559
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY
4200 PURDY LN, PALM SPRINGS, FL 33461 · (561) 804-3500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,342 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
943 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 | 40 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 201 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 189 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 228 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 261 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 196 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 227 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (201) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (227).
Student demographics
37%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
35.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 35.8% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY this school | 1,342 | 70.3% | 42.1% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRY KISSIMMEE | 1,419 | 67.9% | 51.2% |
| PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM SPRINGS | 1,069 | 68.1% | 42.3% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY JACKSONVILLE | 1,068 | 64.8% | 35.0% |
| LEHIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,207 | 65.9% | 39.9% |
| FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 953 | 64.6% | 54.9% |
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 CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #1,716 of 2,136 | #98 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,618 of 2,149 ▲ 333 | #94 of 129 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #1,920 of 2,149 ▲ 14 | #106 of 129 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,342 | #55 of 2,267 | #2 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #736 of 2,077 | #62 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #1,737 of 2,108 | #112 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #444 of 2,188 | #33 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #352 of 621 | #30 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
1,342
+152 (+13%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,183
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,342 | 88.8 | 15.1:1 | 70% (943) |
| 2023-24 | 1,265 | 90.5 | 14.0:1 | 74% (941) |
| 2022-23 | 1,230 | 95 | 12.9:1 | 80% (981) |
| 2020-21 | 1,190 | 81 | 14.7:1 | 93% (1,104) |
| 2017-18 | 1,231 | 98 | 12.6:1 | 88% (1,085) |
| 2015-16 | 1,209 | 98 | 12.3:1 | 88% (1,061) |
| 2010-11 | 1,135 | 78 | 14.6:1 | 79% (898) |
| 2000-01 | 1,148 | 62 | 18.5:1 | 69% (790) |
| 1990-91 | 1,183 | 67 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY.
About CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school, is located in PALM SPRINGS, Florida. The school had 1,342 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 122% above that.
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY is among 233 schools run by PALM BEACH, which serves 191,505 students.
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 78% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 12% Black, 6% White, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. The chance that two students picked at random at CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
The school employs the equivalent of 88.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY is 70%. Across public schools in Palm Beach County, the average is 45%.
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.1%; the prediction is 46.0%.
Palm Beach County has these Census figures: median household income is about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Palm Beach County number 245 and enroll about 192,831.
PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 42.1% is below the 49.2% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 13%, from 1,190 to 1,342.
Discussions about CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY may include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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 PALM SPRINGS
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,069 students
- PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMYHigh · 632 students
Nearby schools
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,397
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 3,262
- ESE OTHER TEACHING SERVICES1.0 mi · 121
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,069
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.3 mi · 30
- GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 773
Frequently asked questions
About CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY?
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 1,342 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY serve?
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.1:1 (89 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY?
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 6% White, 78% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY?
CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY 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.