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SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL

333 SW 4TH AVE, BOCA RATON, FL 33432 · (561) 393-1091 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL95 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Florida public middle schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools

Enrollment
95
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
5 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
15 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 62829%
Grade 74345%
Grade 82425%
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
5356%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
3032%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
88%
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
11%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
22%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
11%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
5255%
Female
4345%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
86.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
77.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2586.1%77.6%
2023-2482.3%81.1%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 →

Schools most like SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL

SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (80.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school9515.8%80.2%
GULF COAST ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
SPRING HILL
21726.3%76.5%
NORTHWEST FLORIDA BALLET ACADEMIE
FORT WALTON BEACH
13433.6%94.3%
MARCO ISLAND CHARTER MIDDLE
MARCO ISLAND
27727.1%73.8%
ALACHUA LEARNING ACADEMY MIDDLE
ALACHUA
6334.9%91.1%
SKY ACADEMY VENICE
VENICE
2934.8%54.5%
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Palm Beach County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
95#567 of 584#37 of 38
Ranked against other public middle 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
95
+6 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25954.819.6:116% (15)
2023-24915.516.7:124% (22)
2022-23835.515.2:125% (21)
2020-2189517.8:140% (36)
2017-1863231.5:143% (27)
2015-1664610.7:127% (17)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

About SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL

SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the public schools in BOCA RATON, Florida. It is a very small middle school. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 95 students. Middle schools in Florida have about 794 students on average; enrollment here is 88% lower.

SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in PALM BEACH, a system of 233 schools with 191,505 students.

White students are 56% of those enrolled at SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Palm Beach County, where about 53% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.

On staff are 4.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. That is in line with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 16%. The rate at public schools in Palm Beach County averages 45%, higher than here.

Among Florida public middle schools, SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 87%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is +6.9 points: 80.2% actual, 73.3% predicted.

Census data for Palm Beach County show median household income comes to about $83,581, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 245 public schools in the county, enrolling about 192,831, SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.

The closest school to SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA EAST, located less than a tenth of a mile away. SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 66.7% on proficiency, and SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 80.2%.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 95, up from 89 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 17.8 in 2020-21 to 19.6 in 2024-25.

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Palm Beach County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL
District
PALM BEACH
Address
333 SW 4TH AVE, BOCA RATON, FL 33432
Phone
(561) 393-1091
County
Palm Beach County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
95
Teachers (FTE)
5
Student–teacher ratio
19.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
15 (16%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
120150008275
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL
How large is SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 95 students in grades 06-08.
Is SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 5 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
How diverse is SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 56% White, 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
SOMERSET ACADEMY BOCA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by PALM BEACH.
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