📍 7368 State Road 15 Bldg 15, Pahokee, Palm Beach County, 33476
Glades Academy Inc is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pahokee, Palm Beach County. The school has 267 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. It operates as a public charter school. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Glades Academy Inc enrolls 267 students across grades K–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 15 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Black or African American, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 182 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 72 | 27% |
| White | 12 | 4.5% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
243 of the school's 267 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 241 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Glades Academy Inc is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. 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 25, state house district 81.
Glades Academy Inc 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 267 students, Glades Academy Inc is smaller than the district average of about 810 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe