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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004025
PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14255 HAMLIN BLVD, LOXAHATCHEE, FL 33470 · (561) 633-4500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-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
14.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
161 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
67%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
71.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
71.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 71.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 76.1% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 571 | 28.2% | 74.1% |
| ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 569 | 30.1% | 68.4% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST VIERA | 649 | 26.5% | 64.0% |
| LAWTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 715 | 29.2% | 77.4% |
| GREENLAND PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 701 | 26.5% | 68.4% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 456 | 24.1% | 71.4% |
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 PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #321 of 2,136 | #20 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #575 of 2,149 ▼ 224 | #32 of 129 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #388 of 2,149 ▼ 186 | #23 of 129 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #1,141 of 2,267 | #88 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #547 of 2,077 | #48 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #422 of 2,108 | #27 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #1,858 of 2,188 | #105 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.9% | #156 of 621 | #13 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
571
+171 (+43%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 571 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 28% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 33% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 35% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 49% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 44% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 45 | 11.0:1 | 42% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 29% (196) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in LOXAHATCHEE, Florida, PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its 571 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
PALM BEACH oversees PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 232 other schools, with 191,505 students in total.
Enrollment at PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. It is also 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 39 full-time-equivalent teachers at PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 28% of students. That rate is below the 45% average among public schools in Palm Beach County.
The allk12 Grade for PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 67.0%. PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 74.1%, 7.0 points above that line.
County data help place the school in context: in Palm Beach County, median household income is about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 245 public schools in Palm Beach County.
Of nearby public schools, ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 2.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Reported enrollment: 400 (2020-21) and 571 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in LOXAHATCHEE
- SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,246 students
- OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 851 students
- LOXAHATCHEE GROVES ELEMENTARYElementary · 695 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 569 students
- SADDLE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary
Nearby schools
- ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 569
- GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 956
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE3.4 mi · 1,097
- OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 851
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 688
- SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 2,246
Frequently asked questions
About PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-05.
Is PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.