Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001538
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
560 E MAIN PL, PAHOKEE, FL 33476 · (561) 924-9700 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- ABeats 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
13.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
276 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 27 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
47%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
44.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
70.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 62.1% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 328 | 84.1% | 52.4% |
| EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 303 | 85.1% | 23.5% |
| CAROL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI GARDENS | 308 | 78.6% | 41.9% |
| JAMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 388 | 82.7% | 22.8% |
| FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 428 | 81.5% | 33.2% |
| PIONEER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 408 | 85.8% | 41.6% |
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 PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,211 of 2,136 | #74 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #624 of 2,149 ▲ 232 | #39 of 129 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,587 of 2,149 ▼ 114 | #83 of 129 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #1,934 of 2,267 | #117 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #253 of 2,077 | #16 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #1,469 of 2,108 | #83 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #77 of 2,188 | #6 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #276 of 1,374 | #5 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
328
-64 (-16%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 328 | 24 | 13.7:1 | 84% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 89% (288) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 85% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 95% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 98% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 409 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 97% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 98% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 41 | 16.9:1 | 97% (673) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 46 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school for students in PAHOKEE, Florida. Enrollment totals 328 students across pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 46% below the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
Within PALM BEACH, PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 233 schools. The district enrolls 191,505 students.
Federal enrollment data show PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 63% Black. Enrollment also includes 35% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 45 points above the 19% share among Palm Beach County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Its staff includes 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 84%. Among public schools in Palm Beach County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 52.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.0%.
For the population of Palm Beach County, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Palm Beach County with 244 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PAHOKEE MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.3%; PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 52.4%, ranking 1st of 6.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 328, from 392 in 2020-21.
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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 PAHOKEE
- PAHOKEE MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGHHigh · 868 students
- GLADES ACADEMY INCElementary · 271 students
- EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh · 116 students
Nearby schools
- PAHOKEE MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH0.2 mi · 868
- EVERGLADES PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.3 mi · 116
- GLADES ACADEMY INC2.5 mi · 271
- K. E. CUNNINGHAM/CANAL POINT ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 283
- EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM-WEST7.1 mi · 5
- BELLE GLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 1% White, 35% Hispanic, 63% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PAHOKEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
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