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University Preparatory Academy Palm Beach is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County. The school has 286 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.0:1. It operates as a public charter school. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths.
University Preparatory Academy Palm Beach enrolls 286 students across grades K–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 11 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 92% Black or African American, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 263 | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 5.2% |
| White | 4 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
251 of the school's 286 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 251 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.
University Preparatory Academy Palm Beach is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 30, state house district 88.
University Preparatory Academy Palm Beach 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 286 students, University Preparatory Academy Palm Beach is smaller than the district average of about 810 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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