CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, enrolling 785 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 233 schools in PALM BEACH (191,505 students total), CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 70.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 65.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 8%, going from 727 students in 2018 to 785 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 48% to 43%. Class-load math has rose: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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