SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment middle-grades school in BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 597 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by PALM BEACH. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

PALM BEACH runs 233 schools in total, collectively educating 191,505 students. SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 34% Hispanic, 23% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 34.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 69.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 875 (now 597). The White share of enrollment contracted from 47% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 36.5:1 in 2018 to 34.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.