PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, part of PALM BEACH. It teaches 315 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

Demographically, PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.4%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) reports that median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 341 students in 2018 compared to 315 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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