GLADES ACADEMY INC

GLADES ACADEMY INC operates as a cozy elementary-level community in PAHOKEE, Florida, part of PALM BEACH. Current enrollment sits at 271 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 55% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, GLADES ACADEMY INC is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, GLADES ACADEMY INC logs that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 6% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GLADES ACADEMY INC sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.7%; actual is 40.7%, a gap of -22.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put median household earnings sit near $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which GLADES ACADEMY INC is one.

Nearest neighbor: EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY, around 2.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLADES ACADEMY INC ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area. GLADES ACADEMY INC is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GLADES ACADEMY INC has ticked up 3%, going from 262 students in 2018 to 271 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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