LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized K-5 school in JUPITER, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH. The school enrolls 569 students in grades pre-K through 2.

PALM BEACH runs 233 schools in total, collectively educating 191,505 students. LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest comes out to 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

JUPITER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 21%, going from 721 students in 2018 to 569 in 2025.

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