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Which teacher or staff member at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,221
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150007400
EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
9950 STRIBLING WAY, WELLINGTON, FL 33414 · (561) 803-8000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,221 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- B+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
18.1:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
357 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 | 377 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 423 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 421 | 34% |
Student demographics
73%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
67.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.9pp 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 up about 2 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 | 67.9% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 73.8% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,221 | 29.2% | 68.9% |
| CORAL SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 980 | 29.8% | 64.8% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,290 | 33.1% | 55.8% |
| THOMAS E. WEIGHTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,270 | 27.5% | 55.9% |
| TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,067 | 27.5% | 68.5% |
| POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 1,122 | 25.6% | 71.0% |
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 EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #101 of 560 | #11 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #122 of 560 ▼ 20 | #12 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #120 of 560 ▼ 25 | #13 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,221 | #52 of 584 | #11 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #164 of 547 | #28 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #10 of 553 | #2 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #477 of 565 | #27 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #327 of 379 | #21 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
1,221
-60 (-5%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 1,113
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 1,221 | 67.6 | 18.1:1 | 29% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 1,234 | 67 | 18.4:1 | 33% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 1,241 | 70 | 17.7:1 | 35% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 1,281 | 72 | 17.8:1 | 49% (626) |
| 2017-18 | 1,275 | 78 | 16.4:1 | 39% (496) |
| 2015-16 | 1,204 | 72 | 16.7:1 | 37% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 1,113 | 60 | 18.6:1 | 33% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Among the schools in WELLINGTON, Florida, is EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a large middle school. School enrollment was 1,221 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Florida is roughly 794 students; this school is 54% larger than that.
The PALM BEACH system has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 31%. After that, the student body is 29% White, 28% Black, 8% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in at 73%.
The school reports 67.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.1 students per teacher. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 29% of students. Among public schools in Palm Beach County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.9%; the prediction is 66.5%.
Federal survey data for Palm Beach County show that median household income is about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 245 public schools in Palm Beach County.
The nearest public school is EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY, at about 0.2 miles. EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 1,281 in 2020-21 and 1,221 in 2024-25, a decrease of 60 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY0.2 mi · 834
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WELLINGTON0.3 mi · 682
- DISCOVERY KEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,032
- PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 794
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,760
- ELBRIDGE GALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 842
Frequently asked questions
About EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,221 students in grades 06-08.
Is EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 18.1:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 31% Hispanic, 28% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
EMERALD COVE 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.