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Sunset Palms Elementary School
8650 Boynton Beach Blvd Boynton Beach FL, 33472, Palm Beach County Phone: 561-752-1100 Ranking:  (265 out of 2,614, top 10%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Palm Beach County School District Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | |||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 67 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 56 | 62 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 982 | 1,012 | 958 | 1,001 | 912 | 758 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kindergarten: | 171 | 17.4% | 172 | 17.0% | 170 | 17.7% | 195 | 19.5% | 190 | 20.8% | 154 | 20.3% |
| Grade 1: | 165 | 16.8% | 181 | 17.9% | 174 | 18.2% | 186 | 18.6% | 160 | 17.5% | 127 | 16.8% |
| Grade 2: | 155 | 15.8% | 183 | 18.1% | 161 | 16.8% | 169 | 16.9% | 144 | 15.8% | 132 | 17.4% |
| Grade 3: | 182 | 18.5% | 161 | 15.9% | 154 | 16.1% | 150 | 15.0% | 153 | 16.8% | 127 | 16.8% |
| Grade 4: | 148 | 15.1% | 158 | 15.6% | 151 | 15.8% | 151 | 15.1% | 132 | 14.5% | 120 | 15.8% |
| Grade 5: | 159 | 16.2% | 155 | 15.3% | 143 | 14.9% | 145 | 14.5% | 133 | 14.6% | 98 | 12.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||
| Male: | 500 | 50.9% | 526 | 52.0% | 513 | 53.5% | 532 | 53.1% | 465 | 51.0% | 342 | 45.1% |
| Female: | 482 | 49.1% | 486 | 48.0% | 445 | 46.5% | 469 | 46.9% | 421 | 46.2% | 354 | 46.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 15 | 1.5% | 6 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 52 | 5.3% | 61 | 6.0% | 54 | 5.6% | 55 | 5.5% | 46 | 5.0% | 35 | 4.6% |
| Hispanic: | 147 | 15.0% | 165 | 16.3% | 181 | 18.9% | 194 | 19.4% | 206 | 22.6% | 123 | 16.2% |
| Black: | 58 | 5.9% | 73 | 7.2% | 70 | 7.3% | 94 | 9.4% | 101 | 11.1% | 100 | 13.2% |
| White: | 675 | 68.7% | 672 | 66.4% | 611 | 63.8% | 622 | 62.1% | 537 | 58.9% | 444 | 58.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 32 | 3.3% | 34 | 3.4% | 34 | 3.5% | 31 | 3.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 143 | 14.6% | 125 | 12.4% | 128 | 13.4% | 133 | 13.3% | 112 | 12.3% | 85 | 11.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 15 | 1.5% | 35 | 3.5% | 25 | 2.6% | 37 | 3.7% | 43 | 4.7% | 34 | 4.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.66 | 15.10 | 14.85 | 15.52 | 16.29 | 14.20 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| FCAT | ||||||
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 376 | 333 | 337 |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 208 | 201 | 202 |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 214 | 202 | 201 |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 348 | 312 | 314 |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 207 | 199 | 201 |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 214 | 200 | 201 |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 361 | 335 | 331 |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 223 | 216 | 215 |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 224 | 217 | 215 |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 341 | 322 | 323 |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 222 | 213 | 213 |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 219 | 212 | 212 |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 348 | 336 | 336 |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 228 | 222 | 222 |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 232 | 222 | 221 |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 326 | 311 | 310 |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 230 | 221 | 221 |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 229 | 221 | 220 |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 347 | 333 | 322 |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 354 | 328 | 322 |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | Mean Scaled Score | 212 | 205 | 201 |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Sunset Palms Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.