WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL

As an one-room-style elementary-level community in RIVIERA BEACH, Florida, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL instructs 241 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within PALM BEACH. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL sits 60% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL reports that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) reports that median household income runs about $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Palm Beach County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 31%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 93% to 84%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.