GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in GREENACRES, Florida, part of PALM BEACH, educateing 773 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 13% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.8%; GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 61.9%, +16.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 773). Class-load math has rose: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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