State/Public Elementary Open

Somerset Academy Wellington K-8

๐Ÿ“ 1000 Wellington Trace, Wellington, Palm Beach County, 33414

464
Pupils
30.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Somerset Academy Wellington K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wellington, Palm Beach County. The school has 464 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Palm Beach school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 30.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths.

School details

School district
Palm Beach

Enrollment & staffing

Somerset Academy Wellington K-8 enrolls 464 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 30.3:1.

Male students
213 (46%)
Female students
251 (54%)
Teachers (FTE)
15.3
Student-teacher ratio
30.3:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 22% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino18841%
White15233%
Black or African American10022%
Two or more races173.7%
Asian4<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander2<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

266 of the school's 464 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 239 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Kโ€“8Charter schoolTitle I

Somerset Academy Wellington K-8 is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 29, state house district 86.

School district: PALM BEACH

Somerset Academy Wellington K-8 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 464 students, Somerset Academy Wellington K-8 is smaller than the district average of about 810 students per school.

189,634
District students
234
Schools
11,177
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

67%
Reading proficient
27%
Math proficient
22%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: Suburb - Large

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