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What's the most underrated thing about PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033007276
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3000 10TH AVE SE, NAPLES, FL 34117 · (239) 377-9100 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
349 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 49 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
53.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
65.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 65.6% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 56.6% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 645 | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY FOUR CORNERS MIAMI | 583 | 55.1% | 57.0% |
| SAN CARLOS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 642 | 50.3% | 44.8% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF POLK MIAMI | 613 | 58.1% | 39.5% |
| CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 626 | 51.0% | 50.2% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 752 | 53.7% | 53.6% |
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 PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #963 of 2,136 | #20 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #844 of 2,149 ▲ 241 | #19 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,152 of 2,149 ▲ 69 | #23 of 35 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #879 of 2,267 | #15 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #168 of 2,077 | #6 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #1,209 of 2,108 | #13 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #1,128 of 2,188 | #19 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.1% | #92 of 621 | #5 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
645
+188 (+41%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 482
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
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 | 645 | 48.8 | 13.2:1 | 54% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 47.3 | 13.5:1 | 61% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 66% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 79% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 75% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 72% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 70% (335) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in NAPLES, Florida, administered by COLLIER. School enrollment was 645 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
COLLIER has 69 schools; together they serve 48,252 students.
At PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 63% of the student body. The next largest groups are 25% White, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 35 points above the 28% share among Collier County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.2 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (57.9%) and its predicted rate (54.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Collier County has these Census figures: the median household income is $90,045, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Collier County has 75 public schools and roughly 48,252 students.
Of nearby public schools, SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 4.0 miles. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 57.9% is below the 62.2% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 457 in 2020-21 and 645 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Collier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
398,291
Census ACS
Median income
$90,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
48,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLIER
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
Other schools in NAPLES
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
- AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,496 students
Other Palmetto Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 5 states are named Palmetto Elementary. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 1,006 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 654 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALMETTO, FL · 519 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 508 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOINCIANA, FL · 479 students
Nearby schools
- SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 792
- CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 836
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL6.2 mi · 2,054
- CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL6.3 mi · 1,013
- CORKSCREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 908
- COLLIER CHARTER ACADEMY6.6 mi · 580
Frequently asked questions
About PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.2:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 25% White, 63% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by COLLIER in Collier County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.