GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, one of the schools within PALM BEACH, with 705 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 233 schools in PALM BEACH (191,505 students total), GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 9% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.5%, the actual is 52.8%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JEAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 15%, going from 831 students in 2018 to 705 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 57% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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