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Enrollment
845
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001561
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
101 S CONGRESS AVE, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33426 · (561) 374-5600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL845 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
14.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
537 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 | 234 | 28% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 39% |
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
30.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.6% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 26.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (28.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 845 | 63.6% | 28.4% |
| HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 705 | 67.1% | 39.3% |
| CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 680 | 61.2% | 31.4% |
| BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 841 | 64.8% | 40.0% |
| NORTH MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 724 | 60.5% | 46.1% |
| HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 685 | 61.3% | 36.1% |
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 CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #555 of 560 | #36 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #553 of 560 ▼ 6 | #35 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #524 of 560 ▲ 24 | #35 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 845 | #262 of 584 | #24 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #9 of 547 | #2 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #427 of 553 | #32 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #124 of 565 | #8 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #307 of 379 | #19 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
845
-297 (-26%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,082
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 845 | 59 | 14.3:1 | 64% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 891 | 59 | 15.1:1 | 67% (595) |
| 2022-23 | 988 | 64 | 15.4:1 | 72% (711) |
| 2020-21 | 1,142 | 81 | 14.1:1 | 90% (1,033) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 83% (741) |
| 2015-16 | 931 | 68 | 13.7:1 | 85% (792) |
| 2010-11 | 1,015 | 61 | 16.6:1 | 71% (719) |
| 2000-01 | 1,411 | 74 | 19.1:1 | 51% (717) |
| 1990-91 | 1,082 | 59 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Among the schools in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, is CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school. It serves 845 students in grades 6 through 8.
PALM BEACH has a total of 233 schools and 191,505 students, CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
At CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Black students make up 72% of the student body. Next come 18% Hispanic and 7% White. The county population is about 19% Black. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.3:1, with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 5.3 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 64%. Among public schools in Palm Beach County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 28.4%, is 20.9 points below the 49.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Palm Beach County, 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. In all, Palm Beach County has 245 public schools and roughly 192,831 students.
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 845 students in 2024-25, 297 fewer than the 1,142 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,079 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUSElementary · 1,047 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 613
- BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH1.4 mi · 1,559
- GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 595
- CROSSPOINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 621
- SOUTH AREA SECONDARY INTENSIVE TRANSITION PROGRAM1.8 mi · 78
- QUANTUM HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 845 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 18% Hispanic, 72% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CONGRESS COMMUNITY MIDDLE 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.