Enrollment
246
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150008499
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH
2101 N AUSTRALIAN AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407 · (561) 670-1138 · Palm Beach County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
201 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 12 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
16%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
30.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
26.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.7% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 28.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH this school | 246 | 81.7% | 25.1% |
| RUFUS E. PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 233 | 82.8% | 55.5% |
| ROSENWALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTH BAY | 267 | 79.4% | 49.2% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 297 | 83.5% | 33.7% |
| SUSIE E. TOLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 245 | 80.8% | 21.4% |
| GLADE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 313 | 85.6% | 44.4% |
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 UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #2,120 of 2,136 | #128 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,132 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #129 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #2,051 of 2,149 ▲ 24 | #123 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #2,062 of 2,267 | #126 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,827 of 2,077 | #124 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #1,992 of 2,108 | #127 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.7% | #122 of 2,188 | #7 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #1,199 of 1,374 | #64 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
246
-102 (-29%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 246 | 13 | 18.9:1 | 82% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 276 | 17.3 | 16.0:1 | 87% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 11 | 26.0:1 | 88% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 14 | 18.4:1 | 91% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 75 | 5 | 15.0:1 | 97% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH.
About UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH is a small elementary school serving families in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 246 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH is a school in PALM BEACH. The district has 233 schools and 191,505 students.
At UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH, 91% of students are Black. The school is also 7% Hispanic. That is higher than the 19% Black share among all Palm Beach County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
There are about 18.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH, which has 13. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH is about 82%. Public schools in Palm Beach County average 45%.
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH would score about 40.2%. It scores 25.1%, a bottom-10% result among Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Palm Beach County area, median household income comes to about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Beach County's 245 public schools enroll about 192,831 students and include UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH.
About 0.1 miles separate UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH from the closest public school, ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH places 6th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 246, from 348 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.1 to 18.9 over 4 years.
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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 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
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 793
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 315
- WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 512
- U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 496
- PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 315
- HIGHRIDGE FAMILY CENTER1.3 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACHHow large is UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH?
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH enrolls approximately 246 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH serve?
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH.
What is the student diversity at UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH?
Student demographics at UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH are roughly 1% White, 7% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH in?
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH is part of PALM BEACH.
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