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Enrollment
711
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004125
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
12031 SOUTHERN BLVD, ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL 33470 · (561) 792-4123 · Palm Beach County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL711 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
150 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 16% smaller than its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
70%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
82.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
87.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 87.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 86.7% |
% 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
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (81.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 711 | 21.1% | 81.6% |
| SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 699 | 18.5% | 74.7% |
| COUNTRY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 827 | 26.4% | 72.4% |
| AVALON ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 553 | 19.2% | 78.5% |
| BALDWIN PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 732 | 26.5% | 74.2% |
| LOWRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 755 | 28.1% | 61.0% |
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 WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.6% | #113 of 2,136 | #11 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #88 of 2,149 ▲ 1 | #9 of 129 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #94 of 2,149 ▲ 18 | #9 of 129 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 711 | #675 of 2,267 | #61 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,978 of 2,077 | #126 of 128 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #235 of 2,108 | #15 of 128 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #1,987 of 2,188 | #113 of 130 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +42.2% | #73 of 621 | #3 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
711
+200 (+39%) vs 2020
+99% since 2010-11, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 711 | 34.3 | 20.7:1 | 21% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 33.4 | 19.3:1 | 27% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 34.3 | 16.8:1 | 30% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 45% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 37% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 38% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 18 | 19.9:1 | 37% (134) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL.
About WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in Florida, with an address in ROYAL PALM BEACH. The latest federal count shows 711 students in kindergarten through 8.
PALM BEACH has 233 schools and 191,505 students, and WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of those schools.
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. Other reported shares: 34% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 53% White among all Palm Beach County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.7:1, with 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is 21%. Public schools in Palm Beach County average 45%.
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 93% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL scores 81.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 70.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Palm Beach County, the median household income is $83,581, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in the county.
WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. NCES lists WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL as a charter school.
2024-25 enrollment was 711, a 39% rise from 511 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.5:1 in 2020-21, and 20.7:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 ROYAL PALM BEACH
- ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,353 students
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 1,097 students
- H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 864 students
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 752 students
- ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 643 students
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- WELLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 897
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 533
- THE LEARNING CENTER1.2 mi · 164
- THE LEARNING CENTER HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 11
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLE1.3 mi · 752
- SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-81.4 mi · 459
Frequently asked questions
About WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 711 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL have?
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.7:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 41% White, 34% Hispanic, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL in?
WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.