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Enrollment
826
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001528
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
2501 SEACREST BLVD, DELRAY BEACH, FL 33444 · (561) 330-3900 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL826 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 68% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
505 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 77 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (77).
Student demographics
55%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
67.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.2% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 58.8% |
% 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
60.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's state test result (60.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS this school | 826 | 61.1% | 60.2% |
| ORCHARD VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 679 | 63.8% | 44.8% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CENTRAL PALM LAKE WORTH | 764 | 59.7% | 43.2% |
| HIGHLANDS ESTATES ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 692 | 61.1% | 34.6% |
| GRASSY WATERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 705 | 55.2% | 52.8% |
| HUBERT O. SIBLEY K-8 ACADEMY MIAMI | 812 | 62.1% | 49.1% |
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 PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #860 of 2,136 | #56 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #913 of 2,149 ▲ 73 | #58 of 129 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #544 of 2,149 ▲ 346 | #35 of 129 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 826 | #412 of 2,267 | #38 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #539 of 2,077 | #47 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #1,112 of 2,108 | #63 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #863 of 2,188 | #60 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +39.1% | #80 of 621 | #4 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
826
+248 (+43%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 511
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 826 | 56.5 | 14.6:1 | 61% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 824 | 56 | 14.7:1 | 64% (529) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 53 | 14.7:1 | 68% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 80% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 594 | 52 | 11.4:1 | 78% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 54 | 11.6:1 | 79% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 68% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 66% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 511 | 31 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
About PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is classified as an elementary school. It is located in DELRAY BEACH, Florida. Its enrollment is 826 students, spread over pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 37% above average.
Besides PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, PALM BEACH runs 232 other schools. The district enrolls 191,505 students.
The share of Black students at PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is 62%, a majority. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic, 13% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Palm Beach County is about 19% Black. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is 14.6:1, based on 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, the prediction is 50.5% and the result is 60.2%.
The school's county is Palm Beach County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 192,831, PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS among them.
Among nearby public schools, SOUTH AREA SECONDARY INTENSIVE TRANSITION PROGRAM is closest at about 1.1 miles. PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 45.4%, lower than PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS's 60.2%.
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal data put enrollment at 578 in 2020-21 and 826 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The school's ratio increased from 13.4:1 to 14.6:1 between 2020-21 and 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 DELRAY BEACH
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,810 students
- BANYAN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 875 students
- MORIKAMI PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 806 students
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 680 students
- ORCHARD VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
- VILLAGE ACADEMY ON THE ART & SARA JO KOBACKER CAMPUSCombined · 648 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH AREA SECONDARY INTENSIVE TRANSITION PROGRAM1.1 mi · 78
- CROSSPOINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 621
- S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 494
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 613
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,810
- VILLAGE ACADEMY ON THE ART & SARA JO KOBACKER CAMPUS2.6 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHow large is PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 826 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serve?
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS.
How diverse is PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS?
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS reports a student body of 13% White, 20% Hispanic, 62% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS public or private?
PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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.