The top reported proficiency rate is 75% in Math. The lowest is 57% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenacres Elementary School
Greenacres Elementary sits on Jackson Avenue in Greenacres, a residential city in Palm Beach County that is, by its own civic description, a working community with a small-town feel rather than a destination. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Palm Beach district, and its enrollment puts it on the larger side for an elementary school of its grade band.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with Black and white students making up smaller shares and other groups present in modest numbers. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing this squarely in a high-need economic context. English learner and special education rates were not available in the data.
On Florida's FAST assessments and the statewide science test, the picture is mixed and worth examining grade by grade. Third-grade math results are solid, with most students scoring proficient. By fifth grade, math proficiency drops to just above half. There is also an unexplained sixth-grade math data point in the state file; since Greenacres Elementary does not serve middle school grades, a parent may want to ask the school directly whether that figure is a data artifact or reflects a small population served in some other arrangement. In reading, third-grade ELA comes in at roughly two-thirds proficient, fourth grade falls below half, and fifth grade sits just above sixty percent. Fifth-grade science lands near that same range. Against the comparison set relative to districts in Palm Beach County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, though that comparison set contains only a small number of districts, so it gives a general orientation rather than a fine-grained benchmark. Trend data across years was not available, so whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining cannot be determined from what was provided.
There are no program offerings listed in the data, so information on enrichment, gifted services, arts, or after-school programming was not available. A graduation rate does not apply here; the school ends at fifth grade. Chronic absenteeism data was also not present.
The surrounding community shapes daily life in ways parents will feel immediately. Greenacres is car-dependent, with most errands and commutes requiring a vehicle. Publicly reported walk score data places the city near the bottom of the walkability range. The commercial fabric runs along Lake Worth Road, Forest Hill Boulevard, and a few other corridors, with shopping plazas rather than any traditional walkable downtown. Civic anchors include a city park system, the Greenacres Branch of the Palm Beach County Library System, and Palm Tran bus service on several routes, though the library and parks require a drive from most residential areas.
The housing market around the school carries prices that are roughly in line with both the Florida state median and the national median for home values, though affordability is a real consideration: the estimated monthly carrying cost of a typical home here would consume a meaningful share of a median household's income, and rents run high relative to income as well. Home values have dipped modestly year over year. The area is seeing active new residential development, including a large proposed project that would convert a former golf course site into several hundred units, some designated as workforce housing. That kind of growth, if it proceeds, would likely affect school enrollment in the years ahead.
The Palm Beach district brief search was exhausted without finding confirmed recent changes in district strategy or programming, so that context was left out rather than guessed at.
For a family weighing this school, the strongest signals are a relatively high-need student population, middle-of-the-road academic results that vary by grade and subject, and a residential community that prioritizes affordability over walkability. Reading and math results in the upper elementary grades, particularly fourth and fifth, are areas a parent may want to explore further with the school.
See more original research from School Decision →