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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001555
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5759 GUN CLUB RD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33415 · (561) 598-7300 · Palm Beach County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
441 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
51%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
38.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 37.4% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 664 | 66.4% | 41.5% |
| LOVELL ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 655 | 65.8% | 42.2% |
| CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING KISSIMMEE | 729 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
| MIKE DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 655 | 62.4% | 51.5% |
| REDDICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WIMAUMA | 708 | 61.6% | 36.8% |
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 MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #1,744 of 2,136 | #100 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,636 of 2,149 ▲ 277 | #97 of 129 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #1,841 of 2,149 ▲ 131 | #99 of 129 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #829 of 2,267 | #76 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,118 of 2,077 | #89 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #1,348 of 2,108 | #76 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #617 of 2,188 | #43 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #843 of 1,374 | #37 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
664
+51 (+8%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 979
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 664 | 41.5 | 16.0:1 | 66% (441) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 37.5 | 14.2:1 | 66% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 72% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 88% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 63 | 12.0:1 | 92% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 801 | 61 | 13.1:1 | 93% (742) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 86% (701) |
| 2000-01 | 1,008 | 52 | 19.4:1 | 61% (616) |
| 1990-91 | 979 | 56 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH. There are 664 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5.
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under PALM BEACH, which has 233 schools enrolling 191,505 students.
At MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 66% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 21% Black and 10% White. Census figures show Palm Beach County is about 24% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 51%.
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.0:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 66% at MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On average, public schools in Palm Beach County report 45%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.5% actual, 47.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Palm Beach County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Palm Beach County with 244 other public schools.
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is PINE JOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.9 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose 8% over 4 years, reaching 664 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.9:1 in 2020-21 and 16.0:1 in 2024-25.
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Nearby schools
- PINE JOG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 817
- WYNNEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 629
- CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 976
- HOPE-CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 802
- FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 953
- BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 664 students in grades KG-05.
Is MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 66% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.