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What's one thing HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
924
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150000961
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8400 SW 8TH ST, BOCA RATON, FL 33433 · (561) 477-2200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL924 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.0:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
315 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 | 16 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
65%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
60.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.8% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 75.5% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 924 | 34.1% | 69.7% |
| CARROLLWOOD K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 861 | 36.0% | 64.1% |
| HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,057 | 34.6% | 61.4% |
| WATERGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 859 | 31.3% | 53.4% |
| CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 978 | 30.2% | 72.6% |
| GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 956 | 37.4% | 69.8% |
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 HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #476 of 2,136 | #34 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #789 of 2,149 ▼ 414 | #50 of 129 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #807 of 2,149 ▼ 293 | #50 of 129 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 924 | #269 of 2,267 | #23 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #694 of 2,077 | #56 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #531 of 2,108 | #32 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #1,718 of 2,188 | #95 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #576 of 621 | #44 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
924
+53 (+6%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 914
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 924 | 61.5 | 15.0:1 | 34% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 962 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 42% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 958 | 57 | 16.8:1 | 42% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 871 | 59 | 14.8:1 | 66% (576) |
| 2017-18 | 913 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 65% (596) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 67 | 13.6:1 | 67% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 55 | 14.4:1 | 49% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 914 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 30% (273) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in BOCA RATON, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 924 students. Enrollment is 53% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
A total of 233 schools make up PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students enrolled.
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 41%. Other students are 40% White, 10% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 24% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.0:1. This ratio sits 2.5 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 34% in 2024-25. That rate is below the 45% average among public schools in Palm Beach County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +5.6 points: 69.7% actual, 64.1% predicted.
Palm Beach County has about 1,533,806 residents, and the median household income is $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
OLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY is located about 0.8 miles from HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 53 students since 2020-21, to 924.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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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Frequently asked questions
About HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 924 students in grades PK-05.
Is HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 40% White, 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.