SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, run under PALM BEACH, with 683 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 64% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.6%; this one delivers 55.5%.

Across the wider county, Palm Beach County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEMINOLE TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 14%, going from 797 students in 2018 to 683 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 17% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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