S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in DELRAY BEACH, Florida, S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit K-5 school, overseen by PALM BEACH. It teaches 494 students across grades pre-K through 5.

S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that educates 191,505 students overall.

Looking at the student body, S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 47.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 494). The White share of enrollment edged down from 33% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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