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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
956
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003224
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5959 140TH AVE N, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411 · (561) 904-9700 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
358 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 146 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 177 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 179 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (157) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (179).
Student demographics
69%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
62.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.6% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.8% | 69.1% |
% 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
69.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 956 | 37.4% | 69.8% |
| WARREN HOPE DAWSON ELEMENTARY RIVERVIEW | 812 | 38.3% | 43.0% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TRADITION FORT LAUDERDALE | 1,144 | 40.2% | 49.0% |
| HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 924 | 34.1% | 69.7% |
| SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLERMONT | 853 | 33.9% | 50.3% |
| HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,057 | 34.6% | 61.4% |
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 GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #473 of 2,136 | #33 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #755 of 2,149 ▼ 191 | #46 of 129 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #715 of 2,149 ▼ 323 | #47 of 129 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #237 of 2,267 | #21 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,623 of 2,077 | #113 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #302 of 2,108 | #20 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #1,657 of 2,188 | #89 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.2% | #45 of 621 | #2 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
956
+316 (+49%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 1,092
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 956 | 54 | 17.7:1 | 37% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 53.1 | 15.5:1 | 39% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 47.4 | 16.0:1 | 43% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 53% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 57% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 544 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 58% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 52% (321) |
| 2000-01 | 1,092 | 52 | 21.0:1 | 20% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, is GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. School enrollment was 956 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 58% larger than that.
PALM BEACH enrolls 191,505 students in 233 schools, including GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 38%. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Palm Beach County's population at about 53%. GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 54 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.7:1. That matches the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 37%.
allk12 grades GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 69.8%, compared with a predicted 62.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, enrolling about 192,831 students in all.
The school nearest to GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE, at a distance of about 0.1 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal records list enrollment at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as 640 in 2020-21 and 956 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 17.7:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE0.1 mi · 1,097
- ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 569
- SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 2,246
- PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 571
- H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 864
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 956 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 38% White, 37% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.