WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in BOCA RATON, Florida, part of PALM BEACH. The school educates 706 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Palm Beach County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 86.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household earnings sit near $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), WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WEST BOCA RATON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 69.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. WATERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 18% since 2018, when it stood at 864 (now 706). White enrollment moved from 64% to 59% across the same window.

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