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RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, one of the schools within PALM BEACH. Current enrollment sits at 728 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS sits 21% bigger than that benchmark.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that enrolls 191,505 students overall.
On the student-mix side, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS lists that the largest single group is Black, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 12% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.4%.
In the broader community, Palm Beach County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).
TURNING POINTS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting. As a public charter, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CYPRESS has rose 22%, going from 596 students in 2018 to 728 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 52% to 66% over that span.
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