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Enrollment
897
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150002091
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
13000 PADDOCK DR, WELLINGTON, FL 33414 · (561) 651-0600 · Palm Beach County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL897 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
292 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 | 71 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (148) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
67%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
64.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
72.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.9% | 72.2% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 69.2% |
% 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 897 | 32.6% | 69.3% |
| H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 864 | 31.9% | 68.2% |
| SABAL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONGWOOD | 923 | 34.0% | 80.3% |
| WATERGRASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 859 | 31.3% | 53.4% |
| HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,057 | 34.6% | 61.4% |
| BOYETTE SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 910 | 30.2% | 69.2% |
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 WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #492 of 2,136 | #35 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #555 of 2,149 ▲ 7 | #31 of 129 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #629 of 2,149 ▼ 108 | #43 of 129 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 897 | #315 of 2,267 | #28 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #836 of 2,077 | #69 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #424 of 2,108 | #28 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #1,758 of 2,188 | #96 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #617 of 621 | #46 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
897
+56 (+7%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,445
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 897 | 58.6 | 15.3:1 | 33% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 935 | 55.8 | 16.8:1 | 34% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 57 | 16.7:1 | 37% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 841 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 49% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 65 | 13.8:1 | 46% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 58 | 12.7:1 | 45% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 54 | 15.2:1 | 34% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 1,057 | 53 | 19.9:1 | 17% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 1,445 | 83 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in WELLINGTON, Florida. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 897 students in pre-K through 5. That is 49% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
PALM BEACH runs WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 232 other schools, enrolling 191,505 students in total.
The biggest share of students at WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 46%, is White. Other reported shares: 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The school had 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The school's 15.3:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 33%. The 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County is 12 points higher.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 69.3% actual against 64.9% predicted.
For Palm Beach County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Palm Beach County has 245 public schools.
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, its nearest public school. WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 69.3% against a local average of 65.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased by 7% across 4 years, from 841 in 2020-21 to 897 in 2024-25.
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 WELLINGTON
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
- WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,689 students
- BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,246 students
- WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 1,227 students
- EMERALD COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,221 students
- POLO PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
Other Wellington Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wellington Elementary. WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 6.
- Wellington Elementary SchoolFLOWER MOUND, TX · 731 students
- Wellington ElementaryLexington, KY · 608 students
- Wellington ElementaryLouisville, KY · 418 students
- Wellington ElementaryWoodinville, WA · 380 students
- Wellington Elementary SchoolWELLINGTON, TX · 238 students
Nearby schools
- WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.9 mi · 711
- SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 104
- SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-81.4 mi · 459
- WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,689
- BINKS FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,246
- WELLINGTON LANDINGS MIDDLE1.8 mi · 1,227
Frequently asked questions
About WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 897 students in grades PK-05.
Is WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PALM BEACH in Palm Beach County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.