Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002626
K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY
37000 MAIN ST, CANAL POINT, FL 33438 · (561) 924-9800 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
250 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
41%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 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 | 39.3% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 45.7% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →
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K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY this school | 283 | 88.3% | 40.7% |
| PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 315 | 90.2% | 36.4% |
| LAKE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 268 | 84.7% | 34.7% |
| EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 303 | 85.1% | 23.5% |
| O. J. SEMMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 344 | 86.3% | 27.3% |
| MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 312 | 89.7% | 18.8% |
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 K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,776 of 2,136 | #105 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,793 of 2,149 ▼ 209 | #108 of 129 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,805 of 2,149 no change | #96 of 129 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #2,014 of 2,267 | #123 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #284 of 2,077 | #20 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #1,648 of 2,108 | #102 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #42 of 2,188 | #3 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #614 of 1,374 | #21 of 77 |
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
283
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 283 | 20.5 | 13.8:1 | 88% (250) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 88% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 21.5 | 11.8:1 | 94% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 99% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 31 | 11.0:1 | 99% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 35 | 9.4:1 | 99% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 96% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 649 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 98% (634) |
| 1990-91 | 709 | 51 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY.
About K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY
K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school in CANAL POINT, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 283 students. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 53% lower.
Federal data list 233 schools in PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY are Black (75%). Other reported shares: 18% Hispanic and 7% White. That compares with about 19% Black among all Palm Beach County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
For every teacher at K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY, there are about 13.8 students; the school has 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. It compares with 45% for public schools in Palm Beach County.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 36.9%. K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY scores 40.7%.
For the population of Palm Beach County, median household income comes to about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
PAHOKEE MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH is the nearest public school to K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY, about 2.9 miles away. K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 283, from 275 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 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
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Frequently asked questions
About K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARYHow large is K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY?
K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY serve?
K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY?
At K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 7% White, 18% Hispanic, 75% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY?
K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
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