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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001520
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
710 W OCEAN AVE, LANTANA, FL 33462 · (561) 202-0300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
12.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
373 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 | 46 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 46% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
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
34.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 38.4% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 517 | 72.1% | 43.9% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 526 | 69.2% | 41.4% |
| DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 482 | 68.0% | 44.0% |
| TEMPLE TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEMPLE TERRACE | 639 | 73.4% | 31.1% |
| FORT CAROLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 465 | 71.6% | 37.8% |
| GREGORY DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 521 | 67.4% | 40.2% |
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 LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,647 of 2,136 | #92 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,490 of 2,149 ▲ 382 | #83 of 129 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,954 of 2,149 ▼ 104 | #112 of 129 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #1,352 of 2,267 | #98 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #103 of 2,077 | #4 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #867 of 2,108 | #48 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #377 of 2,188 | #29 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.4% | #410 of 621 | #35 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
517
+28 (+6%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 910
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 517 | 40.7 | 12.7:1 | 72% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 73% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 43 | 11.3:1 | 79% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 92% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 48 | 10.1:1 | 89% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 50 | 10.6:1 | 94% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 82% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 53% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 910 | 64 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school based in LANTANA, Florida. There are 517 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
A total of 233 schools make up PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students enrolled.
Black students are 55% of those enrolled at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Hispanic and 15% White. In Palm Beach County overall, about 19% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.7:1. The school's 12.7:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%. That is 27 points above the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 45.0%. LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 43.9%, 1.1 points below that line.
Census data for Palm Beach County show the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Palm Beach County number 245, with about 192,831 students.
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 6% over 4 years, reaching 517 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LANTANA
- SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,452 students
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 792 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 579 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARYHigh · 438 students
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOLCombined · 286 students
Nearby schools
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 819
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARY0.5 mi · 438
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 579
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,185
- ED VENTURE CHARTER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 75
- SOUTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
Is LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 28% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.