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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008367
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS
8151 OKEECHOBEE BLVD, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411 · (561) 282-5860 · Palm Beach County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
18.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
517 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 | 82 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (79).
Student demographics
52%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
50.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.4% | 37.9% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS this school | 728 | 71.0% | 47.4% |
| GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 656 | 74.8% | 41.0% |
| PINELOCH ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 726 | 73.1% | 42.9% |
| TEMPLE TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEMPLE TERRACE | 639 | 73.4% | 31.1% |
| FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 613 | 73.6% | 40.8% |
| CATALINA ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 588 | 69.9% | 38.5% |
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 RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,468 of 2,136 | #83 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,633 of 2,149 ▲ 260 | #95 of 129 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,288 of 2,149 ▲ 86 | #70 of 129 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #633 of 2,267 | #59 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,729 of 2,077 | #119 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #1,280 of 2,108 | #69 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.0% | #420 of 2,188 | #30 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.1% | #175 of 621 | #15 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
728
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 728 | 40 | 18.2:1 | 71% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 790 | 42.5 | 18.6:1 | 40% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 34.5 | 23.7:1 | 73% (593) |
| 2020-21 | 737 | 36 | 20.5:1 | 64% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 32 | 18.6:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 586 | 54 | 10.8:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS.
About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS
At 8151 OKEECHOBEE BLVD in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 8 and has 728 students enrolled. That is 21% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS reports to PALM BEACH, which has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
About 66% of the student body at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS is Black. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic and 12% White. County-wide, 19% of Palm Beach County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
With 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS, 71% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Palm Beach County report 45%.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of Florida public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS is 1.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.4% actual, 45.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In Palm Beach County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 192,831, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS among them.
TURNING POINTS ACADEMY is the nearest public school to RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS, about 0.2 miles away. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 737 to 728. The number of students per teacher dropped from 20.5 to 18.2 over 4 years.
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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 WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Nearby schools
- TURNING POINTS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 97
- BENOIST FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 430
- INDIAN RIDGE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 73
- PALM BEACH JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY2.2 mi · 42
- WYNNEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 629
- ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 2,353
Frequently asked questions
About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESSWhat is the total enrollment at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS enrolls approximately 728 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS serve?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS.
How diverse is RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS reports a student body of 12% White, 19% Hispanic, 66% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS?
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.