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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001529
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
901 NW 3RD ST, DELRAY BEACH, FL 33444 · (561) 454-7800 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
193 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 104 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
Student demographics
69%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
56.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 66.8% |
% 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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 →
Where S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #830 of 2,136 | #54 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #884 of 2,149 | #56 of 129 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,015 of 2,149 | #63 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #1,446 of 2,267 | #104 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #903 of 2,077 | #74 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #305 of 2,108 | #21 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #566 of 1,374 | #19 of 77 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
494
-111 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 12.9:1
% White
26%
was 33%
% Hispanic
21%
was 19%
% Black
45%
was 41%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 494 | 31.9 | 15.5:1 | 39% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 31.5 | 14.6:1 | 47% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 55% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 55% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school located in DELRAY BEACH, Florida. It educates 494 students in pre-K through 5.
PALM BEACH is made up of 233 schools with 191,505 students in all.
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 45%. Smaller groups are 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 19% of Palm Beach County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
A ratio of 15.5:1 comes from the school's 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 39% in 2024-25.
After adjusting for student poverty, S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.8%; the prediction is 61.6%.
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Palm Beach County, where median household income is about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, with a combined enrollment of about 192,831.
Nearest public school: ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 nearby schools, at 60.8% versus a 47.6% average.
For locale, NCES codes S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 494, 18% below the 605 of 2017-18. By 2024-25, 26% of students were White, compared with 33% in 2017-18. Students per teacher rose from 12.9 in 2017-18 to 15.5 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Frequently asked questions
About S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 45% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.