SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES

SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES is a primary school of modestly sized scale in MIAMI, Florida, part of PALM BEACH, instructing 400 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 604.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES is among them.

Demographically, SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. Beyond that, the school lists 11% White, 10% Black. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: SLAM ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL PALM BEACH, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES has expanded 125%, going from 178 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 69% to 79%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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