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What's the one class at CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,153
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001502
CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
3630 PARKER AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405 · (561) 802-5400 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,153 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
695 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 365 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 384 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 404 | 35% |
Student demographics
46%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
43.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.8% | 45.8% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
Where CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #426 of 560 | #25 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #422 of 560 | #27 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #415 of 560 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,153 | #73 of 584 | #12 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #30 of 547 | #8 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #414 of 553 | #31 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #313 of 379 | #20 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,153
-63 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.9:1
% White
13%
was 16%
% Hispanic
71%
was 67%
% Black
14%
was 13%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,153 | 74 | 15.6:1 | 60% (695) |
| 2023-24 | 1,105 | 73 | 15.1:1 | 67% (740) |
| 2022-23 | 1,075 | 65 | 16.5:1 | 73% (790) |
| 2017-18 | 1,216 | 72 | 16.9:1 | 81% (988) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school. Its address is in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. There are 1,153 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Florida enroll around 794, and this school is 45% larger than that mark.
PALM BEACH, which runs CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
About 71% of the student body at CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other groups include 14% Black and 13% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 24% Hispanic. A diversity index of 46% means there is a 46% chance two randomly chosen students at CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher. Statewide, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Of all students at CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, 60% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Palm Beach County, the average is 45%.
The model predicts 51.0% for a school in Florida with CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL posts 43.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Palm Beach County show that median household income comes to about $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 7 years from 2017-18 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 5%. Hispanic enrollment as a share of the school rose from 67% to 71%. The ratio was 16.9:1 in 2017-18 and 15.6:1 in 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 WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Nearby schools
- BELVEDERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 467
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT1.0 mi · 985
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 508
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 813
- WORTHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 485
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,923
Frequently asked questions
About CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,153 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 74 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 13% White, 71% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.