Jupiter Elementary School, Jupiter FL

Original Research by School Decision on Jupiter Elementary School

Jupiter Elementary sits at a central address along the Loxahatchee River, in a part of Jupiter that mixes older residential blocks with proximity to the water. It serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Palm Beach County district, drawing a substantial enrollment for its grade band.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with white students making up the next largest group and smaller shares of other backgrounds. A notably large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, well above what many people associate with Jupiter's more affluent reputation. The neighborhood surrounding the school skews older and more established than the master-planned Abacoa corridor to the west, and that income diversity is visible in the school's population. Data on English learner and special education populations were not reported in the available records, so a parent interested in those support structures should ask the school directly.

On the Florida statewide FAST assessments, the picture is mixed. Math proficiency in third and fifth grade runs in the solidly above-average range by Florida standards, and a very small cohort in sixth grade reported full proficiency, though that result reflects an unusually small group and should be read cautiously. Fourth grade math is lower, falling below the majority of tested grades. ELA proficiency across third, fourth, and fifth grade sits in a moderate range, with fewer than half of students reaching proficiency at each grade level tested. Fifth grade science proficiency is in a similar band, slightly below the math performance at that grade. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding, or declining. Relative to the districts in Palm Beach County, the school's overall proficiency index places it just above the midpoint of that comparison set, which includes only a small number of district-level peers. A parent who wants to understand how Jupiter Elementary compares to nearby elementary schools within Palm Beach County specifically may want to look into that with the district, since the comparison available here is at the district level rather than school to school.

No information on specific academic programs, enrichment offerings, staffing ratios, attendance patterns, or discipline practices was available in the data, so those dimensions cannot be characterized here.

The housing market around Jupiter Elementary is expensive by any Florida measure. Home values in the zip code sit well above the state median and well above the national median, and recent year-over-year movement has been a slight decline after years of rapid appreciation. Rents are high enough that the rent-to-income burden for a household at the national median income is steep. The monthly cost of ownership at current mortgage rates is substantial. For families considering whether to rent or buy near this school, the gap between a mortgage payment and a rental payment in this zip code is considerable, with renting running meaningfully lower monthly, though still not inexpensive. Jupiter broadly is described as a market with limited remaining buildable land, so the supply of housing near the school is unlikely to expand quickly.

Jupiter itself is a coastal town that runs quieter and more residential than its proximity to West Palm Beach might suggest. The town lacks a traditional walkable downtown near this part of the community; everyday errands and getting around generally require a car. Civic life is anchored by waterfront parks, the Riverwalk corridor along the Intracoastal, and a county library branch. The Abacoa district to the west, with its walkable town center and university research cluster, is a different character from the older neighborhoods closer to the river where this school is located.

The Palm Beach County district brief returned no confirmed parent-relevant changes within the research budget, so recent district-level policy or programmatic shifts were left out rather than guessed at.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 361%

School 61% · District 64% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 55% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 59% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 6100%

School 100% · District 65% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 57% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 56% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 56% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 54% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolPALM BEACH, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income41%Higher-income57%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income54%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income37%Higher-income59%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income53%Higher-income75%22 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income41%Higher-income41%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income66%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap