Enrollment
271
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003769
GLADES ACADEMY INC
7368 STATE ROAD 15, PAHOKEE, FL 33476 · (561) 924-9402 · Palm Beach County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
100 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 49% smaller than its 8th grade class (37).
Student demographics
40%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
38.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
58.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +17.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 17 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 58.3% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 41.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 GLADES ACADEMY INC
GLADES ACADEMY INC's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADES ACADEMY INC this school | 271 | 36.9% | 40.7% |
| NORTH DADE CENTER FOR MODERN LANGUAGES MIAMI GARDENS | 315 | 45.7% | 90.4% |
| CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 347 | 49.6% | 70.1% |
| SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 369 | 49.9% | 48.9% |
| PALM COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 385 | 43.1% | 54.6% |
| DINSMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 562 | 39.3% | 60.9% |
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 GLADES ACADEMY INC ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,777 of 2,136 | #106 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #1,175 of 2,149 ▲ 599 | #68 of 129 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,831 of 2,149 ▲ 271 | #98 of 129 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #2,030 of 2,267 | #124 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #1,704 of 2,077 | #118 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #1,678 of 2,108 | #106 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.9% | #1,666 of 2,188 | #90 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.4% | #492 of 621 | #42 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
271
+39 (+17%) vs 2020
+163% since 2010-11, when it was 103
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 271 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 37% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 254 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 40% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | 91% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | 99% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 262 | 11 | 23.8:1 | 86% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 200 | 16 | 12.5:1 | 99% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 103 | 5 | 20.6:1 | 97% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GLADES ACADEMY INC.
About GLADES ACADEMY INC
GLADES ACADEMY INC is a small elementary school in PAHOKEE, Florida, (ZIP code 33476). The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 271 students. That puts enrollment 55% below the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
PALM BEACH has a total of 233 schools and 191,505 students, GLADES ACADEMY INC among them.
Federal enrollment data show GLADES ACADEMY INC is 75% Black. Enrollment also includes 18% Hispanic and 6% White. The school's Black share is 57 points above the 19% share among Palm Beach County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
For every teacher at GLADES ACADEMY INC, there are about 18.1 students; the school has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. There are 100 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 37% of enrollment.
GLADES ACADEMY INC holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, GLADES ACADEMY INC would score about 62.7%. It scores 40.7%, a bottom-10% result among Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Palm Beach County, median household income comes to about $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 245, with about 192,831 students.
EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY is about 2.4 miles from GLADES ACADEMY INC, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, GLADES ACADEMY INC ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, GLADES ACADEMY INC is Rural: Fringe. GLADES ACADEMY INC operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
Enrollment increased by 17% across 4 years, from 232 in 2020-21 to 271 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.5:1 to 18.1:1 over the same years.
The discussion board for GLADES ACADEMY INC is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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Nearby schools
- EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY2.4 mi · 116
- PAHOKEE MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH2.4 mi · 868
- PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 328
- EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM-WEST4.8 mi · 5
- K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY5.0 mi · 283
- BELLE GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About GLADES ACADEMY INCHow large is GLADES ACADEMY INC?
GLADES ACADEMY INC enrolls approximately 271 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does GLADES ACADEMY INC serve?
GLADES ACADEMY INC serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at GLADES ACADEMY INC?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at GLADES ACADEMY INC.
How diverse is GLADES ACADEMY INC?
GLADES ACADEMY INC reports a student body of 6% White, 18% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees GLADES ACADEMY INC?
GLADES ACADEMY INC is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
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