PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in PALM CITY, Florida, part of MARTIN, instructing 575 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MARTIN runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 18,316 students. PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Martin County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 18% of students at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Martin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Martin County put median household income runs about $82,943, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Martin County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students), of which PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.6%.

PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 12%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 575 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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