TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL

TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in GREENACRES, Florida, overseen by PALM BEACH, caters to 816 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Black, 7% White, 3% Native American, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 38.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) shows that median household income runs about $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

DIAMOND VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,053 (now 816).

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