EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL

EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a heavily attended intermediate school in WELLINGTON, Florida, overseen by PALM BEACH, works with 1,221 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 54% larger than that benchmark.

EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that educates 191,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 29% White, 28% Black, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.5%; this one delivers 68.9%.

Around the school, Palm Beach County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EQUESTRIAN TRAILS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,275 (now 1,221). Over the same period, the White share fell from 39% to 29%. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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