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What's the biggest difference between WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,097
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150003225
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE
5949 140TH AVE N, ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL 33411 · (561) 792-2500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,097 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Florida public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
371 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 358 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 386 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 353 | 32% |
Student demographics
68%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
70.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
75.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.9% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 70.6% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE this school | 1,097 | 33.8% | 68.2% |
| MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL VALRICO | 1,027 | 33.9% | 58.0% |
| BURNS MIDDLE SCHOOL BRANDON | 1,108 | 34.7% | 56.1% |
| BARRINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL LITHIA | 1,345 | 32.7% | 62.0% |
| CHRISTA MCAULIFFE MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 1,079 | 30.2% | 70.9% |
| OAKRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,172 | 32.4% | 78.8% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #107 of 560 | #12 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #108 of 560 ▲ 9 | #8 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #95 of 560 ▲ 20 | #9 of 36 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,097 | #98 of 584 | #16 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #158 of 547 | #27 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #97 of 553 | #10 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #449 of 565 | #24 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #133 of 137 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,097
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 1,504
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,097 | 61 | 18.0:1 | 34% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 1,042 | 55 | 18.9:1 | 38% (401) |
| 2022-23 | 991 | 53.5 | 18.5:1 | 42% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 1,077 | 62 | 17.4:1 | 56% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 1,091 | 63 | 17.3:1 | 46% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 1,073 | 61 | 17.6:1 | 48% (514) |
| 2010-11 | 1,193 | 66 | 18.1:1 | 37% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 1,504 | 67 | 22.4:1 | 17% (261) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE.
About WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE
In ROYAL PALM BEACH, Florida, part of Palm Beach County, WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE is a middle school. It reported 1,097 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 794 students for middle schools in Florida.
A total of 233 schools make up PALM BEACH, with 191,505 students enrolled.
White students make up 42% of enrollment at WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 36% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. In Palm Beach County overall, about 53% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 61 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Palm Beach County, the average is 45%.
Among Florida public middle schools, WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.2%, compared with a predicted 64.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Palm Beach County show that the median household earns about $83,581 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Palm Beach County, 245 public schools serve about 192,831 students.
GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE is ahead of the 67.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,077 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,097.
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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
- H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 864 students
- CRESTWOOD COMMUNITY MIDDLEMiddle · 752 students
- WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 711 students
- ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 643 students
- CYPRESS TRAILS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 956
- ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 569
- SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 2,246
- H. L. JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 864
- PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 571
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLEHow many students attend WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE?
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,097 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE serve?
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE.
How diverse is WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE?
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE reports a student body of 42% White, 36% Hispanic, 13% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE?
WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE 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.