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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002933
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5115 47TH PL N, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33417 · (561) 616-7900 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
351 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
58%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
39.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
50.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.6% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 35.6% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 547 | 64.2% | 38.3% |
| TIMUCUAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 512 | 64.1% | 36.6% |
| COLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 578 | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 458 | 66.2% | 45.9% |
| JACKSONVILLE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 481 | 65.7% | 31.8% |
| FULFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI BEACH | 498 | 60.4% | 51.4% |
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 EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,879 of 2,136 | #111 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,547 of 2,149 ▲ 408 | #87 of 129 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #1,792 of 2,149 ▲ 257 | #94 of 129 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #1,237 of 2,267 | #94 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #980 of 2,077 | #79 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #982 of 2,108 | #53 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #728 of 2,188 | #50 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #968 of 1,374 | #48 of 77 |
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
547
+8 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 878
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 547 | 34.9 | 15.7:1 | 64% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 75% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 80% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 38 | 14.2:1 | 91% (490) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 89% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 52 | 13.1:1 | 89% (608) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 41 | 13.3:1 | 84% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 45 | 19.5:1 | 73% (637) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a medium-sized elementary school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The school's 547 students are in pre-K through 5.
Besides EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PALM BEACH runs 232 other schools. The district enrolls 191,505 students.
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 55% Black by enrollment. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 19% of Palm Beach County residents are Black. EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.7 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 38.3% actual, 49.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Across Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Beach County is home to 245 public schools and about 192,831 public school students.
The nearest public school is SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.8 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 539 to 547, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.7:1.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 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
- SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 683
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,809
- BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 841
- SEAGULL ACADEMY1.6 mi · 23
- JEAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 862
- GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 547 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 34% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY 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.