NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a reasonably sized elementary school in WELLINGTON, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, enrolls 745 students, covering grades pre-K through 7. Enrollment runs roughly 23% above the state mean of about 604.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder reads as 18% Black, 12% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.2%; this one delivers 55.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 681 (now 745). Over the same period, the White share declined from 24% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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