Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001485
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL
1709 W 30TH ST, RIVIERA BEACH, FL 33404 · (561) 494-1200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
196 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
28%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
35.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
41.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 41.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 32.8% |
% 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
38.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (38.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 241 | 81.3% | 38.1% |
| LOMAX MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 239 | 77.8% | 44.0% |
| PINE VILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 219 | 83.6% | 66.7% |
| WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 301 | 84.7% | 49.0% |
| SUSIE E. TOLBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 245 | 80.8% | 21.4% |
| RENAISSANCE ACADEMY TALLAHASSEE | 243 | 80.2% | 37.2% |
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 WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #1,885 of 2,136 | #113 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,882 of 2,149 ▲ 126 | #116 of 129 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,925 of 2,149 ▼ 42 | #108 of 129 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #2,068 of 2,267 | #127 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #203 of 2,077 | #10 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #1,869 of 2,108 | #121 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #131 of 2,188 | #9 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #171 of 1,374 | #1 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
241
+64 (+36%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 567
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 81% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 241 | 11 | 21.9:1 | 85% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 15.5 | 16.3:1 | 85% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 177 | 16 | 11.1:1 | 69% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 97% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 96% (358) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 89% (296) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 96% (567) |
| 1990-91 | 567 | 36 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL, located in RIVIERA BEACH, Florida, is a small elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 241 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 60% smaller than that.
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is part of a district of 233 schools: PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students.
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment is 84% Black. The school is also 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% White. That is higher than the 19% Black share among all Palm Beach County residents. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1 at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL, with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 4.1 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 81%. The average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 45%.
A school with WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 40.4%. WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL scores 38.1%, 2.3 points below that line.
In the county around the school, Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 245 public schools in Palm Beach County, enrolling about 192,831 students in all.
Nearest public school: JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL at 4th of 6.
NCES describes the area around WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 36% enrollment gain, from 177 in 2020-21 to 241 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.1:1 to 13.4:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLHow large is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-05.
Is WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is approximately 13.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 7% Hispanic, 84% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
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