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Enrollment
785
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002872
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6050 GATEWAY BLVD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33472 · (561) 292-6600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL785 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
254 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 | 38 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (124).
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
68.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 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 | 68.2% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 69.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 785 | 32.4% | 70.3% |
| WATERGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 859 | 31.3% | 53.4% |
| BOYETTE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 910 | 30.2% | 69.2% |
| H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 864 | 31.9% | 68.2% |
| WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 897 | 32.6% | 69.3% |
| CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 978 | 30.2% | 72.6% |
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 CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #449 of 2,136 | #31 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #542 of 2,149 ▲ 25 | #29 of 129 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #502 of 2,149 ▼ 131 | #31 of 129 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 785 | #505 of 2,267 | #50 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #853 of 2,077 | #70 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #197 of 2,108 | #11 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #1,760 of 2,188 | #97 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #370 of 621 | #33 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
785
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 966
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 785 | 51.1 | 15.3:1 | 32% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 47.3 | 16.3:1 | 37% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 788 | 46.8 | 16.8:1 | 37% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 796 | 53 | 15.0:1 | 49% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 46% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 51 | 13.3:1 | 45% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 30% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 966 | 44 | 21.9:1 | 25% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-sized elementary school, CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida. Total enrollment is 785 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
PALM BEACH operates 233 schools. Combined enrollment is 191,505 students.
The biggest share of students at CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 43%, is White. Next come 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 53% White among all Palm Beach County residents. The diversity index for CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.3 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 51.1. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 32%. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.3%) and its predicted rate (65.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
The school's county is Palm Beach County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 192,831, CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 796 students in 2020-21 and 785 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 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
- BEN GAMLA-PALM BEACH0.6 mi · 229
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,079
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,881
- HIDDEN OAKS K-81.9 mi · 835
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACH2.0 mi · 1,247
- SOUTH TECH ACADEMY2.0 mi · 1,141
Frequently asked questions
About CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 785 students in grades PK-05.
Is CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 43% White, 26% Hispanic, 19% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
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