PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of cozy scale in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, one of the schools within PALM BEACH, instructing 508 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PALM BEACH runs 233 schools in total, collectively educating 191,505 students. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 8% White, 7% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 10%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 11% to 7% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.