RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT

RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT is an expansive K-5 school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH. The school caters to 985 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT sits 63% larger than that benchmark.

PALM BEACH runs 233 schools in total, collectively educating 191,505 students. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT is one of those campuses.

Demographically, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% Black, 7% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 43.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Palm Beach County shows 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. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. As a public charter, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,001 students in 2018 compared to 985 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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