TURNING POINTS ACADEMY

As an one-room-style high school in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, TURNING POINTS ACADEMY instructs 97 students from grades 6 through 12, part of PALM BEACH. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so TURNING POINTS ACADEMY sits 91% leaner than that benchmark.

Within PALM BEACH, which oversees 233 schools and 191,505 students, TURNING POINTS ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, TURNING POINTS ACADEMY records that Black students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Palm Beach County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), TURNING POINTS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

INDIAN RIDGE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TURNING POINTS ACADEMY has increased 47%, going from 66 students in 2018 to 97 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 5.1:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

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