PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a roomy elementary-level community in PALM SPRINGS, Florida, overseen by PALM BEACH, teaches 1,069 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 16% Black, 7% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALM SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 868 students in 2018 compared to 1,069 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 61% to 73%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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