PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

As a mid-tier primary school in DELRAY BEACH, Florida, PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS caters to 826 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by PALM BEACH. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS sits 37% larger than that benchmark.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS logs that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 13% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS is one.

SOUTH AREA SECONDARY INTENSIVE TRANSITION PROGRAM is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.4%.

PLUMOSA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 39%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 826 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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