U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY

As an intimate elementary-level community in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY educates 496 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by PALM BEACH.

U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that instructs 191,505 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY records that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

With demographic context factored in, U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Palm Beach County put the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 21%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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