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Enrollment
694
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003898
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3400 HYPOLUXO RD, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33436 · (561) 804-3100 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL694 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.1:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
423 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 | 35 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
62%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
41.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
48.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.2% | 48.4% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 41.8% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 694 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 679 | 58.3% | 38.4% |
| WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 726 | 62.8% | 36.6% |
| DIAMOND VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 800 | 62.4% | 53.2% |
| MILLENNIA GARDENS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 657 | 61.0% | 42.0% |
| CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSKIN | 834 | 60.9% | 42.0% |
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 FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,426 of 2,136 | #81 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,639 of 2,149 ▲ 119 | #98 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #1,720 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #90 of 129 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 694 | #724 of 2,267 | #67 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #729 of 2,077 | #61 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #757 of 2,108 | #43 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #876 of 2,188 | #61 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #774 of 1,374 | #33 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
694
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 889
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 694 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 61% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 53 | 12.9:1 | 68% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 46.5 | 14.6:1 | 69% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 81% (578) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 64 | 12.5:1 | 72% (580) |
| 2015-16 | 944 | 76 | 12.4:1 | 70% (665) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 64 | 13.9:1 | 52% (463) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, under PALM BEACH. It educates 694 students in pre-K through 5.
Besides FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PALM BEACH runs 232 other schools. The district enrolls 191,505 students.
The most common group at FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 49%. Other groups make up 36% Black and 13% White. Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 46 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.1:1. That is 2.4 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. The 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 16 points lower.
allk12 grades FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.0%.
Among Palm Beach County residents, the median household income is $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Besides FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 48.0% against a local average of 54.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 19 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.2:1 to 15.1:1.
Community posts for FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
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 BOYNTON BEACH
- BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 1,559 students
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACHElementary · 1,247 students
- SOUTH TECH ACADEMYHigh · 1,141 students
- CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,137 students
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,079 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUSElementary · 1,047 students
Nearby schools
- SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH0.5 mi · 2,452
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOL0.7 mi · 286
- STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 792
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CENTRAL PALM1.1 mi · 764
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR CAMPUS1.4 mi · 1,047
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY - BOYNTON BEACH1.4 mi · 1,247
Frequently asked questions
About FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 694 students in grades PK-05.
Is FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
How diverse is FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 13% White, 49% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.