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Enrollment
705
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004028
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3550 N JOG RD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411 · (561) 383-9000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL705 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% 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.
- C+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
17.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
389 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
54%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
46.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 51.3% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 705 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
| ATLANTIC WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARGATE | 579 | 55.1% | 45.6% |
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARGATE | 684 | 51.5% | 52.3% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CENTRAL PALM LAKE WORTH | 764 | 59.7% | 43.2% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMARAC | 553 | 55.5% | 53.2% |
| PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 504 | 53.4% | 58.2% |
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 GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,193 of 2,136 | #73 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #1,231 of 2,149 ▲ 93 | #73 of 129 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,479 of 2,149 ▼ 195 | #78 of 129 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #687 of 2,267 | #64 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,530 of 2,077 | #112 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #1,176 of 2,108 | #65 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #1,077 of 2,188 | #66 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #701 of 1,374 | #29 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
705
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 742
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 705 | 40.6 | 17.4:1 | 55% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 752 | 42.2 | 17.8:1 | 62% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 64% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 740 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 79% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 831 | 64 | 13.0:1 | 73% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 55 | 13.2:1 | 73% (532) |
| 2010-11 | 742 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 61% (452) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by PALM BEACH in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The school had 705 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
PALM BEACH has 233 schools; together they serve 191,505 students.
At GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Black students make up 64% of the student body. The remaining shares are 20% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 40.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.4:1. 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 55%. It compares with 45% for public schools in Palm Beach County.
allk12 grades GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (52.8%) and its predicted rate (53.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in the county.
JEAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 52.8% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 7 nearby schools.
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 740 in 2020-21 to 705 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 17.4:1.
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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
- JEAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 862
- SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 683
- EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 547
- BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 841
- WYNNEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 629
- INDIAN RIDGE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 705 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 20% Hispanic, 64% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.