Schools · West Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL schools
West Palm Beach’s public schools score close to Florida’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 11 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 5 middle schools and Palm Beach Lakes High School or Forest Hill Community High School or Alexander W Dreyfoos Junior School of the Arts.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
West Palm Beach’s School Grade: B-
The public schools West Palm Beach’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresCGraduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 48%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (466)Better than 43%
High confidence. Built on 104,072 tested students and a graduating class of 14,894; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where West Palm Beach kids go to school
Grades PK–5
11 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Palm Beach County School DistrictGrades 9–12
DPalm Beach Lakes High School or C-Forest Hill Community High School or A+Alexander W Dreyfoos Junior School of the Arts
Depends on your address Palm Beach County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Palm Beach County)53%
State average 52%
Math (grades PK–12, Palm Beach County)46%
State average 47.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
FL: 90.3%
Graduating class
14,894
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #212 of 631 FL towns →
Districts
The district serving West Palm Beach
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
West Palm Beach is home to Palm Beach Atlantic University
More about Palm Beach Atlantic University →Every school
All 44 schools in West Palm Beach
Showing 1–30 of 44 schools
Renaissance Charter School at West Palm BeachElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,014 students
A-CharterNorthboro Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 728 students
BPublicRenaissance Charter School at CypressElementary · Grades K–8 · 728 students
C+CharterNorthmore Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 710 students
C-PublicGrassy Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 705 students
B-PublicEgret Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 547 students
CPublicWestward Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 512 students
C-PublicPalmetto Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 508 students
CPublicSouth Olive Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 504 students
A-PublicU. B. Kinsey/Palmview ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 496 students
C+PublicBelvedere Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 467 students
CPublicPleasant City Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 315 students
DPublicRoosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 315 students
DPublicUniversity Preparatory Academy Palm BeachElementary · Grades K–8 · 246 students
DCharterRosarian AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 453 students
PrivateSt. Juliana Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 431 students
PrivateSt. Ann Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 310 students
PrivatePalm Beach Christian AcademyElementary · Grades PK–6 · 240 students
PrivateThe Greene SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 200 students
PrivateThe Foundations School at Center for Creative EducElementary · Grades K–5 · 65 students
PrivateThe Bilgrav SchoolElementary · Grades 1–8 · 20 students
PrivateThe Bilgrav SchoolElementary · Grades 2–8 · 18 students
PrivateA Step Above Learning CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 17 students
PrivateConklin International AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 17 students
PrivateBak Middle School of the ArtsMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,246 students
A+PublicConniston Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,153 students
CPublicJeaga Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 862 students
DPublicBear Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 841 students
DPublicRoosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 793 students
CPublicPalm Beach Lakes High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,809 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.