BODWELL ACADEMY

Located at 1201 AUSTRALIAN AVE, in RIVIERA BEACH, Florida, BODWELL ACADEMY is a very small multi-level school that instructs 49 students (grades pre-K through 12), overseen by PALM BEACH. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 86% below typical.

PALM BEACH runs 233 schools in total, collectively educating 191,505 students. BODWELL ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BODWELL ACADEMY records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 31% White, 29% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, BODWELL ACADEMY lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), BODWELL ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

BODWELL ACADEMY operates from an outer-ring location. BODWELL ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. BODWELL ACADEMY's enrollment has edged up 69% since 2018, when it stood at 29 (now 49). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 41% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 29.0:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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