WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a reasonably sized elementary school in WELLINGTON, Florida, part of PALM BEACH, caters to 897 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 49% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

On demographics, WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.9%; this one delivers 69.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).

WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 895 students in 2018 to 897 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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