WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized middle schools in PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, one of the schools within PALM BEACH, with 1,042 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 31% above that benchmark.

PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 24% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 53% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.6%; this one delivers 65.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Palm Beach County) logs that median household income runs about $83,581, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

Nearest neighbor: TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. WATSON B. DUNCAN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,293 (now 1,042). White enrollment moved from 56% to 40% across the same window.

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