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Enrollment
953
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001511
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5555 PURDY LN, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33415 · (561) 432-2300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL953 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
616 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 | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 175 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
43%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
45.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
56.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 56.6% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 52.3% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% 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 FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 953 | 64.6% | 54.9% |
| PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM SPRINGS | 1,069 | 68.1% | 42.3% |
| CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 976 | 64.7% | 36.6% |
| HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 817 | 64.3% | 49.4% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY JACKSONVILLE | 1,068 | 64.8% | 35.0% |
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 FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,102 of 2,136 | #68 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,262 of 2,149 ▲ 22 | #74 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,522 of 2,149 ▼ 230 | #80 of 129 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 953 | #240 of 2,267 | #22 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #333 of 2,077 | #26 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #1,595 of 2,108 | #95 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #705 of 2,188 | #47 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.5% | #253 of 621 | #21 of 47 |
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
953
+180 (+23%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 825
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 953 | 68 | 14.0:1 | 65% (616) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 63 | 14.4:1 | 70% (641) |
| 2022-23 | 876 | 68.4 | 12.8:1 | 72% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 773 | 66 | 11.7:1 | 92% (712) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 68 | 12.1:1 | 90% (741) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 66 | 12.1:1 | 91% (729) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 81% (593) |
| 2000-01 | 1,119 | 64 | 17.5:1 | 70% (782) |
| 1990-91 | 825 | 47 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, and it is part of PALM BEACH. It reported 953 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 58% bigger than average.
In PALM BEACH, 233 schools enroll a combined 191,505 students.
The largest group at FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 74%. The remaining students are 14% Black, 8% White, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Palm Beach County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. The diversity index for FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 65% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 45% for public schools in Palm Beach County.
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.9%, compared with a predicted 48.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Palm Beach County show that the median household earns about $83,581 a year, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Palm Beach County has 245 public schools with about 192,831 students, including FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL (about 1.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. By average proficiency, FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 23% gain took enrollment from 773 in 2020-21 to 953 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.7:1 to 14.0:1.
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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 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
Other Forest Hill Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Forest Hill Elementary. FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 8.
- Forest Hill Elementary SchoolGermantown, TN · 698 students
- Forest Hill ElementarySan Jose, CA · 506 students
- Forest Hill Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 484 students
- Forest Hill Elementary SchoolShreveport, LA · 479 students
- Forest Hill Elementary SchoolMobile, AL · 478 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 3,262
- GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 773
- CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 1,342
- PINE JOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 817
- OKEEHEELEE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,401
- LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 914
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 953 students in grades PK-05.
Is FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (68 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 74% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.