Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001483
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
410 3RD ST, LAKE PARK, FL 33403 · (561) 494-1300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
14.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
281 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
40%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
39.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
66.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.5pp 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 67 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 66.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.5% | 52.3% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 389 | 72.2% | 45.1% |
| PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 372 | 69.6% | 53.6% |
| BAY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 390 | 73.8% | 51.7% |
| FRANCES K. SWEET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 439 | 68.6% | 49.4% |
| NORTH COUNTY K-8 CENTER MIAMI GARDENS | 319 | 71.8% | 49.7% |
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 330 | 71.8% | 44.4% |
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 LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,575 of 2,136 | #87 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #787 of 2,149 ▲ 493 | #49 of 129 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,810 of 2,149 ▲ 133 | #97 of 129 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #1,797 of 2,267 | #113 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #461 of 2,077 | #40 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #1,673 of 2,108 | #105 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.2% | #372 of 2,188 | #28 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.0% | #475 of 621 | #38 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
389
+32 (+9%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 389 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 72% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 84% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 83% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 96% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 32 | 11.7:1 | 92% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 98% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 93% (329) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 89% (542) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 30 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in PALM BEACH, located in LAKE PARK, Florida. The school serves 389 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
The district, PALM BEACH, operates 233 schools serving 191,505 students.
By race and ethnicity, LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 75% Black. The rest of enrollment is 18% Hispanic and 4% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Palm Beach County's population at about 19%. The chance that two students picked at random at LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
The school employs the equivalent of 27 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 72%. Across public schools in Palm Beach County, the average is 45%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.0%.
Federal survey data for Palm Beach County show that median household income is about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 245 public schools operate in Palm Beach County, serving about 192,831 students.
The closest public school, INLET GROVE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles from LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 9%, from 357 to 389. The ratio was 12.3:1 in 2020-21 and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Lake Park Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Lake Park Elementary. LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 6.
- LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 475 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolLake Park, GA · 601 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolAlbany, GA · 494 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolBethany, OK · 335 students
- Lake Park Elementary SchoolAddison, IL · 294 students
Nearby schools
- INLET GROVE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 714
- THE CONSERVATORY SCHOOL AT NORTH PALM BEACH1.0 mi · 896
- WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.6 mi · 241
- BODWELL ACADEMY1.8 mi · 49
- SUNCOAST COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,522
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 389 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 18% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.