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Which teacher or staff member at VERDE K-8 deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,360
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002386
VERDE K-8
3300 N MILITARY TRAIL, BOCA RATON, FL 33431 · (561) 218-6800 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,360 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
83 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
309 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 174 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 181 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 192 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 173 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 203 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 35% larger than its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
61%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
74.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
74.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.8% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 72.3% |
% 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 VERDE K-8
VERDE K-8's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERDE K-8 this school | 1,360 | 22.7% | 74.6% |
| GRASSY LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINNEOLA | 1,293 | 24.5% | 63.8% |
| MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOL MINNEOLA | 1,763 | 22.6% | 71.9% |
| IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT SOUTH LAKE CLERMONT | 1,064 | 20.5% | 77.7% |
| DOROTHY C YORK PK-8 MAGNET SCHOOL APOLLO BEACH | 1,381 | 24.0% | 72.0% |
| CONNERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 953 | 27.3% | 55.3% |
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 VERDE K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #307 of 2,136 | #19 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #474 of 2,149 ▼ 15 | #27 of 129 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #285 of 2,149 ▲ 7 | #19 of 129 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,360 | #50 of 2,267 | #1 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,243 of 2,077 | #99 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #807 of 2,108 | #44 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.7% | #1,957 of 2,188 | #110 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.4% | #120 of 621 | #8 of 47 |
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
1,360
+255 (+23%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,353
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,360 | 82.8 | 16.4:1 | 23% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 1,348 | 81.8 | 16.5:1 | 27% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 1,296 | 76.4 | 17.0:1 | 28% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 1,105 | 70 | 15.8:1 | 41% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 1,059 | 70 | 15.1:1 | 40% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 979 | 68 | 14.4:1 | 42% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 31% (257) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 36 | 20.2:1 | 19% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 1,353 | 72 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VERDE K-8.
About VERDE K-8
VERDE K-8 is a large elementary school in PALM BEACH, located in BOCA RATON, Florida. Total enrollment is 1,360 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 125% higher.
PALM BEACH has 191,505 students in 233 schools, and VERDE K-8 is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at VERDE K-8 are White (50%). Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Palm Beach County, where about 53% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Based on 82.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, VERDE K-8 has a ratio of 16.4:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 23%. The average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
Test results at VERDE K-8 are 4.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (74.6% actual, 69.8% predicted).
In Palm Beach County, home to about 1,533,806 people, the median household earns about $83,581 a year, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Palm Beach County number 245, with about 192,831 students.
About 1.3 miles separate VERDE K-8 from the closest public school, DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 74.6% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for VERDE K-8 is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment increased by 23% across 4 years, from 1,105 in 2020-21 to 1,360 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 BOCA RATON
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- SPANISH RIVER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,730 students
- WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- OLYMPIC HEIGHTS COMMUNITY HIGHHigh · 2,239 students
- EAGLES LANDING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,466 students
- A.D. HENDERSON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL & FAU HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 1,326 students
Nearby schools
- DEL PRADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 704
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,819
- OLYMPUS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY2.0 mi · 304
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,058
- BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 912
- ADDISON MIZNER SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,184
Frequently asked questions
About VERDE K-8What is the total enrollment at VERDE K-8?
VERDE K-8 enrolls approximately 1,360 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does VERDE K-8 serve?
VERDE K-8 serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at VERDE K-8?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at VERDE K-8.
What is the student diversity at VERDE K-8?
Student demographics at VERDE K-8 are roughly 50% White, 36% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is VERDE K-8 in?
VERDE K-8 is part of PALM BEACH.
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