SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS

SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in LAKE WORTH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, enrolling 515 students in grades K through 8.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS is among them.

In terms of who attends, SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 40% Black, 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS higher than the state norm the norm. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 41.3%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Palm Beach County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS is one.

The closest other public school is PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS operates from a commuter-belt location. As a public charter, SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS has held roughly steady, going from 520 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 36% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.