JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school in JUPITER, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH. The school caters to 688 students in grades K through 5.

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

Demographically, JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Palm Beach County shows median household earnings sit near $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

JUPITER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 69.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. JERRY THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 820 (now 688). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 28% to 34% over that span.

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