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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001504
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5801 PARKER AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405 · (561) 202-0400 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- 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
12.5:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
342 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
31%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
46.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 45.2% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 508 | 67.3% | 49.8% |
| CHICKASAW ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 551 | 68.1% | 47.3% |
| EGYPT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 488 | 70.5% | 38.6% |
| THREE POINTS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 447 | 69.1% | 40.8% |
| DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 526 | 71.5% | 37.9% |
| MORGAN WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 522 | 64.6% | 37.9% |
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 Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #1,339 of 2,136 | #76 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,201 of 2,149 ▲ 403 | #70 of 129 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,460 of 2,149 ▲ 39 | #76 of 129 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #1,392 of 2,267 | #101 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #81 of 2,077 | #2 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #1,827 of 2,108 | #119 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #575 of 2,188 | #40 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #966 of 1,374 | #46 of 77 |
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
508
-40 (-7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 508 | 40.5 | 12.5:1 | 67% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 35.5 | 15.1:1 | 74% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 39.5 | 13.6:1 | 82% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 92% (506) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 48 | 11.7:1 | 88% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 51 | 10.5:1 | 96% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 90% (564) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 88% (534) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, is a small elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 508 students.
PALM BEACH counts 233 schools and 191,505 students, including PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
By race and ethnicity, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 83% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 8% White and 7% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 58 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 31%.
For every teacher at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 12.5 students; the school has 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. There are 342 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 67% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 47.4%. It scores 49.8%, 2.4 points above that figure.
The school's county is Palm Beach County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Palm Beach County number 245, with about 192,831 students.
About 0.5 miles separate PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 49.8% compares with 49.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased by 7% across 4 years, from 548 in 2020-21 to 508 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 WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Other Palmetto Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 5 states are named Palmetto Elementary. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 7th largest of the 10.
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 1,006 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 654 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 645 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALMETTO, FL · 519 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOINCIANA, FL · 479 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,923
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT0.7 mi · 985
- SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 504
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 813
- CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,153
- SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES1.5 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 8% White, 83% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.