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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003009
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6300 SEMINOLE DR, LANTANA, FL 33462 · (561) 804-3600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
533 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 | 57 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
52%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
33.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 36.8% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
| CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING KISSIMMEE | 729 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 780 | 70.9% | 34.6% |
| MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 664 | 66.4% | 41.5% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
| DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY DAVENPORT | 938 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
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 STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,861 of 2,136 | #110 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,752 of 2,149 ▲ 175 | #105 of 129 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,997 of 2,149 ▲ 37 | #117 of 129 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #481 of 2,267 | #49 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #661 of 2,077 | #55 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #1,296 of 2,108 | #71 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #577 of 2,188 | #41 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #1,090 of 1,374 | #58 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
792
+100 (+14%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 792 | 53 | 14.9:1 | 67% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 71% (554) |
| 2022-23 | 737 | 48.5 | 15.2:1 | 77% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 59 | 11.7:1 | 96% (664) |
| 2017-18 | 850 | 65 | 13.1:1 | 90% (763) |
| 2015-16 | 886 | 73 | 12.1:1 | 94% (837) |
| 2010-11 | 769 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 88% (673) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 56 | 15.8:1 | 65% (575) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by PALM BEACH in LANTANA, Florida. Enrollment totals 792 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 233 schools in PALM BEACH, which enrolls 191,505 students in total.
More than half of the students at STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic (65%). The rest of enrollment is 24% Black and 8% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Palm Beach County's population at about 24%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 52%.
A staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.9:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
The model predicts 47.4% for a school in Florida with STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 38.8%.
The school is in Palm Beach County, where median household income comes to about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Beach County counts 245 public schools with about 192,831 students.
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is ROYAL PALM SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 38.8% compares with 49.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% rise, from 692 to 792. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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 LANTANA
- SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,452 students
- LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 579 students
- LANTANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 517 students
- PALM BEACH MARITIME ACADEMY SECONDARYHigh · 438 students
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOLCombined · 286 students
Nearby schools
- ROYAL PALM SCHOOL0.5 mi · 286
- SANTALUCES COMMUNITY HIGH0.6 mi · 2,452
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT CENTRAL PALM0.8 mi · 764
- FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 694
- SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS1.7 mi · 515
- DIAMOND VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 792 students in grades PK-05.
Is STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
How diverse is STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 8% White, 65% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
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