📍 500 Nw Avenue L, Belle Glade, Palm Beach County, 33430
Belle Glade Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Belle Glade, Palm Beach County. The school has 593 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 18% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Belle Glade Elementary School enrolls 593 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 39 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Black or African American, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 413 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 15% |
| White | 86 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
509 of the school's 593 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 509 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Belle Glade Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 29, state house district 81.
Belle Glade Elementary School is one of 234 schools in PALM BEACH, based in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. The district serves 189,634 students district-wide and employs 11,177 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 593 students, Belle Glade Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 810 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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