NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized primary school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH. The school enrolls 728 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% larger than the state mean of about 604.

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

Looking at the student body, NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 43% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.3%; NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 62.0%, +17.7 points above that line.

In the broader community, Palm Beach County reports that median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: NORTHMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 761 students in 2018 compared to 728 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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