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How has SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
504
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001506
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7101 S OLIVE AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33405 · (561) 202-0200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
229 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.8% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 63.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (60.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 504 | 45.4% | 60.3% |
| CREATIVE INSPIRATION JOURNEY SCHOOL OF ST CLOUD SAINT CLOUD | 550 | 48.4% | 45.5% |
| OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 572 | 47.4% | 71.9% |
| CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 574 | 39.2% | 66.2% |
| COLLIER CHARTER ACADEMY NAPLES | 580 | 42.2% | 58.6% |
| EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 432 | 49.3% | 57.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #849 of 2,136 | #55 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #761 of 2,149 ▲ 40 | #47 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #843 of 2,149 ▲ 66 | #52 of 129 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #1,402 of 2,267 | #102 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #244 of 2,077 | #14 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #937 of 2,108 | #50 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,432 of 2,188 | #76 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #902 of 1,374 | #41 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
504
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 504 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 45% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 32.5 | 14.7:1 | 51% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 55% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 60% (287) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 40 | 14.1:1 | 59% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 59% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 50% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 916 | 47 | 19.5:1 | 39% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 46 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by PALM BEACH in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. Enrolled students number 504 students, in pre-K through 5.
PALM BEACH has 191,505 students in 233 schools, and SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 54% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 34% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 24% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 13.6 students per teacher and 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.9 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 45%. For comparison, public schools in Palm Beach County average 45%.
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 56% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (60.3%) and its predicted rate (58.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Palm Beach County has about 1,533,806 residents, and the median household income is $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 244 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has grown by 29 students since 2020-21, to 504.
Posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,923
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 508
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT SUMMIT1.5 mi · 985
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 813
- LAKE WORTH COMMUNITY MIDDLE1.7 mi · 1,136
- CONNISTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,153
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 504 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 54% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SOUTH OLIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.