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Palm Beach Preparatory Charter Academy School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
3525 S Congress Ave
Palm Springs, FL 33461
Phone
(561) 623-6935
District
PALM BEACH
County
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
550
Classroom Teachers
6

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

1

(10 is best)

Better than 1.8% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Palm Beach Preparatory Charter Academy School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
4%
50%
6%
50%
2%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

100 80 60 40 20 0
92
17
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 8 1.5%
Grade 10 46 8.4%
Grade 11 175 31.8%
Grade 12 321 58.4%
Total 550 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 7.4% 29.5% 37.2%
Black 19.1% 28.0% 21.8%
Hispanic 72.6% 38.6% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 3.1% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.8% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 72.4% 51.8% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 72.2% 50.9% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.2% 0.9% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,494,805 22,244,823
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 761.0 409
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.1% 16.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.7% 31.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.9% 26.1%
65 OR OLDER 24.4% 20.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 589,594 8,353,441
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.0% 89.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.8% 32.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 21.4% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.7% 16.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.5% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.0% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.6% 16.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.8% 11.8%
$15,000 or less 8.0% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,276 $1,374,109,000 54.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $486 $91,844,000 3.6%
Staff $674 $127,270,000 5.0%
General Administration $133 $25,166,000 1.0%
School Administration $612 $115,503,000 4.6%
Operation $1,364 $257,585,000 10.2%
Transportation $252 $47,619,000 1.9%
Other $175 $32,954,000 1.3%
Total Support $3,696 $697,941,000 27.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,385 $450,411,000 17.9%
Total Expenditures $13,357 $2,522,461,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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