SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8

Set in WELLINGTON, Florida, SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 is a small elementary-level community, operated by PALM BEACH. It hosts 459 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 24% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that enrolls 191,505 students overall.

On demographics, SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% White, 26% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, On paper, SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.3%; SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 posts 44.0%, -15.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 is one campus in the mix.

SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 67.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Inside the community feed, the feed for SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.