HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of average-sized scale in GREENACRES, Florida, run under PALM BEACH, hosting 817 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 6% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 49.4%.

In the area at large, census data for Palm Beach County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 764 students in 2018 compared to 817 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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