Jupiter’s public schools outperform 48% of Florida districts
The public schools Jupiter’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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Work & commute
About one in five working residents works right in Jupiter
About one in 5 of Jupiter’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are West Palm Beach (9%), Palm Beach Gardens (9%) and Palm Springs (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
Jupiter has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 90°, a January night drops to 57°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. Located along the Atlantic coast of South Florida at the mouth of the Loxahatchee River, the town is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Martin County and the village of Tequesta to the north, unincorporated Palm Beach County to the west, and Juno Beach to the south. The town is connected to the Intracoastal Waterway through the Indian River Lagoon, which reaches its southern terminus at the Jupiter Inlet. Approximately 84 miles (135 km) north of Miami and 15 miles (24 km) north of West Palm Beach, Jupiter, together with the adjacent village of Tequesta, forms the northernmost municipality in the Miami me…