PALM BEACH

District-Level NCES Analysis

PALM BEACH operates 230 public schools serving 188,843 students, placing it among the larger districts in Florida. The school portfolio breaks down into 130 other, 36 middle, 34 high, 30 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 188,148 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Palm Beach County County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,596 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 63.0% local, 21.7% state, and 15.3% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $65,366 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts. The district's equity score — 59/100, ranked #22 of 67 in Florida against a state average of 51 — measures how evenly funding reaches schools within its boundaries.

Academic infrastructure includes 30 of 230 schools offering Advanced Placement (356 AP courses district-wide), a 496.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 31.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 36.3% Hispanic or Latino, 33.7% African American, 24.2% White across the district's schools.