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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003757

FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

6701 180TH AVE N, LOXAHATCHEE, FL 33470 · (561) 904-9902 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Florida public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-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 elementary schools

Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
237 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten11216%
Grade 111216%
Grade 210716%
Grade 312418%
Grade 411417%
Grade 511917%

This year's kindergarten class (112) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).

Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
33949%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
21932%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
7411%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
213%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
284%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
61%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
34150%
Female
34750%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
69.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
75.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 3 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2569.1%75.7%
2023-2467.4%72.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school68834.4%73.7%
BUCKHORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VALRICO
66738.2%65.0%
WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONGWOOD
78534.5%79.7%
VINEYARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NAPLES
80032.0%78.8%
WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONGWOOD
80036.5%69.9%
CIMINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VALRICO
78930.4%65.9%
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 FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Palm Beach County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
73.7%#330 of 2,136#22 of 129
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
75.7%#426 of 2,149
▲ 15
#25 of 129
▲ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
69.1%#472 of 2,149
▼ 23
#30 of 129
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
688#749 of 2,267#70 of 133
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.8:1#1,040 of 2,077#85 of 128
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
64.2%#623 of 2,108#35 of 128
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
34.4%#1,712 of 2,188#94 of 130
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+13.0%#290 of 621#24 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 2024-25
Enrollment
688
+100 (+17%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 692
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2568843.515.8:134% (237)
2023-2469442.516.3:140% (276)
2022-236884316.0:139% (271)
2020-215883915.1:148% (283)
2017-186094314.2:147% (287)
2015-165834513.0:146% (266)
2010-116924814.4:142% (294)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in LOXAHATCHEE, Florida. The school reports 688 students in pre-K through 5.

PALM BEACH enrolls 191,505 students, and its 233 schools include FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. The rest of enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.

FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 43.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 34%. On average, public schools in Palm Beach County report 45%.

allk12 grades FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 63.9% at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.7%.

Palm Beach County has about 1,533,806 residents, and the median household income is $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.

The closest public school to FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 73.7% is above the 65.5% average for nearby schools.

FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.

Over 4 years, FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 17%, to 688.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.

Palm Beach County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
PALM BEACH
Address
6701 180TH AVE N, LOXAHATCHEE, FL 33470
Phone
(561) 904-9902
County
Palm Beach County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
688
Teachers (FTE)
44
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
237 (34%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
120150003757
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in PALM BEACH
Other schools in LOXAHATCHEE
Other Frontier Elementary schools

11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Frontier Elementary. FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 12.

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Frequently asked questions

About FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 688 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 32% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY 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.
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