27 public K-12 schools in Boca Raton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Boca Raton has more public-school enrollment than 96% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Boca Raton sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
13 of Boca Raton's 27 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
The 44-point gap between Somerset Academy Boca Middle School and Olympus International Academy shows the range hidden by Boca Raton's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Boca Raton school enrollment ranges from 95 students (lowest) to 2,819 students (highest), a spread of 2,724 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Boca Raton is typically wider than the Boca Raton-aggregate figure suggests.
15% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Somerset Academy Boca Middle School | 58 |
| 2. | Somerset Academy Boca East | 57 |
| 3. | Spanish River Community High School | 48 |
| 4. | Del Prado Elementary School | 48 |
| 5. | A.D. Henderson University School & Fau High School | 47 |
| 6. | Eagles Landing Middle School | 46 |
| 7. | Boca Raton Community Middle School | 44 |
| 8. | Waters Edge Elementary School | 43 |
| 9. | Addison Mizner School | 42 |
| 10. | Boca Raton Community High School | 40 |
| 11. | Omni Middle School | 40 |
| 12. | Olympic Heights Community High | 39 |
| 13. | Verde K-8 | 38 |
| 14. | Don Estridge High Tech Middle School | 37 |
| 15. | Whispering Pines Elementary School | 37 |
| 16. | Calusa Elementary School | 35 |
| 17. | Coral Sunset Elementary School | 35 |
| 18. | West Boca Raton High School | 34 |
| 19. | J. C. Mitchell Elementary School | 34 |
| 20. | Sandpiper Shores Elementary School | 32 |
| 21. | Loggers' Run Community Middle School | 31 |
| 22. | Sunrise Park Elementary School | 30 |
| 23. | Hammock Pointe Elementary School | 26 |
| 24. | Boca Raton Elementary School | 26 |
| 25. | Blue Lake Elementary | 22 |
| 26. | Slam Boca | 20 |
| 27. | Olympus International Academy | 14 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Somerset Academy Boca Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Boca Raton schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Boca Raton has 27 public schools with a total enrollment of 30,517 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.8:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
