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Enrollment
842
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150005687
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1915 ROYAL FERN DR, WELLINGTON, FL 33414 · (561) 422-9300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 92% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
302 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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (150).
Student demographics
72%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
77.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 4 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 | 77.6% | 77.6% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 76.9% |
% 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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 842 | 35.9% | 77.0% |
| NEW RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 939 | 39.6% | 40.9% |
| EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY WEST PALM BEACH | 818 | 31.8% | 70.2% |
| CENTRAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 800 | 31.1% | 74.3% |
| PARK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 801 | 30.6% | 73.3% |
| DENHAM OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUTZ | 738 | 31.4% | 64.1% |
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 ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #248 of 2,136 | #17 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #362 of 2,149 ▼ 49 | #20 of 129 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #216 of 2,149 ▲ 42 | #16 of 129 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #386 of 2,267 | #34 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #981 of 2,077 | #80 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #74 of 2,108 | #4 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #1,684 of 2,188 | #93 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #460 of 1,374 | #13 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
842
-153 (-15%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,060
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 842 | 53.8 | 15.7:1 | 36% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 915 | 53.8 | 17.0:1 | 39% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 915 | 52.8 | 17.3:1 | 40% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 995 | 63 | 15.8:1 | 55% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 1,064 | 74 | 14.4:1 | 42% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 1,057 | 72 | 14.7:1 | 50% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 1,060 | 71 | 14.9:1 | 39% (410) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in WELLINGTON, Florida. It has an enrollment of 842 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
PALM BEACH is the local district for ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 233 schools with 191,505 students.
Hispanic students make up 37% of enrollment at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 32% White, 19% Black, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. In Palm Beach County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 53.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. By family income, 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.0% and a predicted 63.2%.
Census data for Palm Beach County show the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 245 public schools.
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (about 1.1 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 15% across 4 years, from 995 in 2020-21 to 842 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
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- SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 104
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- THE LEARNING CENTER HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 11
- EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,221
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WELLINGTON2.1 mi · 682
Frequently asked questions
About ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 842 students in grades PK-05.
Is ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 32% White, 37% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.