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Enrollment
802
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150007679
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5298 STACY ST, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33417 · (561) 640-1200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest 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
16.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
607 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 | 86 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
60%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
31.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
34.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 34.4% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 36.8% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 802 | 75.7% | 35.0% |
| ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 722 | 77.0% | 43.0% |
| FRED G. GARNER ACADEMY WINTER HAVEN | 817 | 77.8% | 45.1% |
| TEMPLE TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEMPLE TERRACE | 639 | 73.4% | 31.1% |
| GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEY WEST | 674 | 74.6% | 39.9% |
| GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 656 | 74.8% | 41.0% |
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 HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,983 of 2,136 | #120 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #2,047 of 2,149 ▼ 116 | #125 of 129 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #2,030 of 2,149 ▼ 24 | #120 of 129 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #462 of 2,267 | #46 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,281 of 2,077 | #101 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #860 of 2,108 | #47 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #258 of 2,188 | #18 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #189 of 621 | #17 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
802
+72 (+10%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 802 | 48.5 | 16.5:1 | 76% (607) |
| 2023-24 | 730 | 47.5 | 15.4:1 | 77% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 45.5 | 15.8:1 | 80% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 730 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 93% (681) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 52 | 12.8:1 | 93% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 59 | 11.4:1 | 97% (650) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 47 | 13.6:1 | 92% (585) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in PALM BEACH, located in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 802 students. It has 33% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
The PALM BEACH system has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
About 52% of the student body at HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black. Other groups include 31% Hispanic and 15% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 19% Black. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
On staff are 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. About 76% of students at HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Palm Beach County averages 45%, lower than here.
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 43.2%. It scores 35.0%, 8.3 points below that figure.
Palm Beach County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Palm Beach County with 244 other public schools.
The closest school to HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is WYNNEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On proficiency, HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 56.1% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
The federal government classifies HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 10%. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- WYNNEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 629
- MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 664
- WEST GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 767
- GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 705
- CONNECTIONS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE PALM BEACHES2.4 mi · 92
- FLORIDA FUTURES ACADEMY2.5 mi · 129
Frequently asked questions
About HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 802 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.5:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 15% White, 31% Hispanic, 52% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.