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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,069
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001513
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
101 DAVIS RD, PALM SPRINGS, FL 33461 · (561) 804-3000 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,069 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.2:1
76 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
728 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 153 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 176 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 177 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 181 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 182 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 172 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (172).
Student demographics
44%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
33.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.7% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.8% | 42.6% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,069 | 68.1% | 42.3% |
| FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 953 | 64.6% | 54.9% |
| CHOLEE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 976 | 64.7% | 36.6% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
| CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY PALM SPRINGS | 1,342 | 70.3% | 42.1% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY JACKSONVILLE | 1,068 | 64.8% | 35.0% |
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 SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,706 of 2,136 | #96 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,795 of 2,149 ▼ 66 | #110 of 129 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #1,980 of 2,149 ▼ 48 | #115 of 129 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,069 | #152 of 2,267 | #11 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #384 of 2,077 | #30 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #1,579 of 2,108 | #93 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.1% | #534 of 2,188 | #38 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.2% | #166 of 621 | #14 of 47 |
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
1,069
+76 (+8%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 1,069 | 75.5 | 14.2:1 | 68% (728) |
| 2023-24 | 1,081 | 73 | 14.8:1 | 74% (799) |
| 2022-23 | 1,010 | 72 | 14.0:1 | 79% (799) |
| 2020-21 | 993 | 67 | 14.8:1 | 92% (913) |
| 2017-18 | 868 | 67 | 13.0:1 | 91% (793) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 71 | 11.7:1 | 93% (772) |
| 2010-11 | 895 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 89% (793) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 68% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 901 | 47 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM SPRINGS, Florida, is home to PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. In all, 1,069 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 77% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
PALM BEACH enrolls 191,505 students, and its 233 schools include PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 73% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 7% White, and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 48 points above the 24% share among Palm Beach County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The school has 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 3.3 students per teacher. In all, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 23 points.
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 19% of Florida public elementary schools.
In Florida, PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 42.3% actual against a predicted 47.0%.
In Palm Beach County, home to about 1,533,806 people, median household income comes to about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Beach County's 245 public schools enroll about 192,831 students and include PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
An 8% rise took enrollment from 993 in 2020-21 to 1,069 in 2024-25.
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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 PALM SPRINGS
- CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,342 students
- PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMYHigh · 632 students
Other Palm Springs Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Palm Springs Elementary. PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHIALEAH, FL · 585 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 37
- PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY0.6 mi · 632
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS0.8 mi · 30
- CLIFFORD O TAYLOR/KIRKLANE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 1,342
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 3,262
- ESE OTHER TEACHING SERVICES1.3 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,069 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 73% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.