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What's the most underrated thing about DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,270
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004015
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
1798 NW SPANISH RIVER BLVD, BOCA RATON, FL 33431 · (561) 989-7800 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,270 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Florida public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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
18.3:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
244 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 | 436 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 424 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 410 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%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
89.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
93.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 93 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 | 89.0% | 93.5% |
| 2023-24 | 86.1% | 94.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,270 | 19.2% | 89.0% |
| SUNRIDGE MIDDLE WINTER GARDEN | 1,108 | 19.1% | 70.6% |
| CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 1,365 | 17.1% | 67.8% |
| EAST RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLERMONT | 1,089 | 20.8% | 66.7% |
| WEST BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 896 | 18.2% | 79.0% |
| RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,373 | 14.3% | 77.8% |
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 DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #12 of 560 | #2 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 93.5% | #13 of 560 ▼ 5 | #2 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #12 of 560 ▼ 1 | #2 of 36 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,270 | #43 of 584 | #7 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #184 of 547 | #29 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #101 of 553 | #11 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.2% | #531 of 565 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #371 of 379 | #25 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
1,270
-18 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 1,242
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 1,270 | 69.5 | 18.3:1 | 19% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 1,270 | 72 | 17.6:1 | 24% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 1,268 | 69.5 | 18.2:1 | 25% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 1,288 | 67 | 19.2:1 | 35% (453) |
| 2017-18 | 1,275 | 73 | 17.5:1 | 32% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 1,254 | 71 | 17.7:1 | 34% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 1,242 | 68 | 18.3:1 | 25% (311) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a high-enrollment middle school in Florida, with an address in BOCA RATON. Its 1,270 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 60% larger than the 794 average for middle schools in Florida.
PALM BEACH serves 191,505 students across 233 schools.
White students form the largest group at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL, 49% of enrollment. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.3:1, with 69.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 19%. The 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 26 points higher.
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Florida public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL are 17.4 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 89.0%, compared with a predicted 71.5%, which ranks in the top 10% in Florida.
Among Palm Beach County residents, median household income is about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, with a combined enrollment of about 192,831.
The nearest other public school, BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY, is about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL was 1,288 in 2020-21 and 1,270 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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 BOCA RATON
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,730 students
- WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- OLYMPIC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,239 students
- EAGLES LANDING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,466 students
- VERDE K-8Elementary · 1,360 students
Nearby schools
- BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 912
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,819
- CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 858
- A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,326
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,730
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,058
Frequently asked questions
About DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,270 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL?
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 23% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
DON ESTRIDGE HIGH TECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.