ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community in ROYAL PALM BEACH, Florida, run under PALM BEACH. The school works with 643 students in grades K through 5.

ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that hosts 191,505 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 28% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.8%, the actual is 68.9%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 28% across the same window.

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