| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 37 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 78% larger than its 8th grade class (37).
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 40.8% |
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS this school | 515 | 66.4% | 41.3% |
| WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 493 | 67.3% | 47.4% |
| PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARY LANTANA | 579 | 67.4% | 46.3% |
| BENOIST FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 430 | 65.8% | 33.8% |
| LAURA C. SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 498 | 66.7% | 35.2% |
| RIVERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 459 | 62.1% | 47.2% |
| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #1,753 of 2,136 | #102 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,869 of 2,149 ▼ 79 | #114 of 129 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #1,623 of 2,149 ▼ 136 | #87 of 129 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #1,358 of 2,267 | #99 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,810 of 2,077 | #122 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #954 of 2,108 | #51 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #618 of 2,188 | #44 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #1,339 of 1,374 | #77 of 77 |
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 515 | 27.4 | 18.8:1 | 66% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 71% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 510 | 20 | 25.5:1 | 75% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 518 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 86% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 66% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 528 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 63% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 48% (242) |
Federal records list SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS as an elementary school in LAKE WORTH, Florida. Enrollment is 515 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 8.
PALM BEACH is made up of 233 schools with 191,505 students in all.
Enrollment at SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 50%. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% Black and 6% White. In Palm Beach County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
The school reports 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.8 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County, the school's rate is higher.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS, the prediction is 47.9% and the result is 41.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Palm Beach County, median household income is about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, which together enroll about 192,831 students.
PALM BEACH PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS at 4th of 7.
The NCES locale for SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 515, starting from 518.
The SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
