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Enrollment
575
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTIN·NCES 120129001285
PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1951 SW 34TH ST, PALM CITY, FL 34990 · (772) 219-1565 · Martin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL575 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
102 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
80.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 81.5% |
% 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
80.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (80.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 575 | 17.7% | 80.1% |
| LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 569 | 14.8% | N/A |
| SCULPTOR CHARTER SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 558 | 19.0% | 62.5% |
| BEACON COVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL JUPITER | 603 | 12.4% | 83.5% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 687 | 20.8% | 79.7% |
| BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TARPON SPRINGS | 501 | 14.6% | 83.0% |
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 PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Martin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.1% | #160 of 2,136 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #172 of 2,149 ▲ 17 | #2 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #155 of 2,149 ▼ 16 | #1 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 575 | #1,116 of 2,267 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,404 of 2,077 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.9% | #1,811 of 2,108 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #2,033 of 2,188 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #837 of 1,374 | #7 of 9 |
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
575
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 791
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 18% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 22% (122) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 34.5 | 16.2:1 | 20% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 24% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 656 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 25% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 17% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 42 | 20.1:1 | 10% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 791 | 43 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school for students in PALM CITY, Florida. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 575 students.
A total of 32 schools make up MARTIN, with 18,316 students enrolled.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 10% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Martin County, where about 78% of residents are White. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
On staff are 34 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 18%. That rate is below the 43% average among public schools in Martin County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 87%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 80.1%. Predicted: 72.3%.
In Martin County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $82,943, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 37 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,316, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 575, up from 533 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.9:1, from 15.2:1.
This page is set up for the PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,176
Census ACS
Median income
$82,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARTIN
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,722 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
Other schools in PALM CITY
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 596 students
- BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
Nearby schools
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 920
- BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 594
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,055
- THE HOPE CHARTER CENTER FOR AUTISM2.1 mi · 97
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 596
- MARTIN COUNTY JAIL2.4 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 575 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARTIN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.