Loggers' Run Community Middle School, Boca Raton FL

Original Research by School Decision on Loggers' Run Community Middle School

Loggers' Run Community Middle School sits on West Palmetto Park Road in the western reaches of Boca Raton, serving grades six through eight as a regular public school within the Palm Beach district. It draws from one of the wealthier corners of South Florida, a city publicly reported as among the most affluent in the state, home to corporate headquarters in financial services and security technology, a major state university, and a cultural district anchored at Mizner Park. The surrounding housing market reflects that wealth: home values in the school's zip code sit well above both the state and national medians, though they have edged slightly downward year over year. Rents have moved in the opposite direction, and the rent-to-income burden here is heavy by national standards, a practical consideration for families weighing the area.

The school enrolls roughly a mid-to-large count for a middle school of its type. The student body is majority white, with Hispanic students making up the next largest group and smaller shares of Black, Asian, multiracial, and other students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a relatively modest economic-need rate that reflects the surrounding community's affluence. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available in what was provided.

On the most recent Florida state assessments, Loggers' Run posts strong results across most tested areas. Math proficiency in sixth and eighth grade sits in the mid-to-upper seventies, which is solid performance; seventh grade math comes in somewhat lower but still above the majority of Florida middle schoolers. ELA tells a similar story: sixth and seventh grade proficiency lands in the mid-seventies, while eighth grade ELA is a bit softer, something a parent may want to ask the school about directly when visiting. Eighth grade science proficiency lands in the upper sixties, a respectable showing for that assessment. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the districts in Palm Beach County, though the comparison set here is small, consisting of only a handful of county districts, so that positioning reflects a genuinely competitive academic picture rather than a large field.

Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from the provided information whether these results represent improvement, stability, or a decline from prior years. The school has no AP or dual-enrollment data in what was provided, which is expected for a middle school; those pathways become relevant at the high school level. No program offerings were listed in the data.

The Palm Beach district brief search did not surface any confirmed parent-relevant changes or initiatives, so district context beyond the school itself is thin here.

For a family relocating to western Boca Raton, Loggers' Run offers a community middle school with academic results that hold up well against county peers, set in a prosperous and professionally active city. The housing cost burden is real, and families renting in particular will find the market demanding. What the school looks like on the inside, in terms of electives, extracurriculars, counseling support, and culture, is not captured in the available data, and a school visit would fill in what the numbers cannot.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 675%

School 75% · District 65% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 761%

School 61% · District 42% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 876%

School 76% · District 65% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 675%

School 75% · District 62% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 776%

School 76% · District 60% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 56% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Science

Grade 866%

School 66% · District 51% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 21 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 6Lower-income67%Higher-income78%11 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income71%Higher-income77%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income63%Higher-income71%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income62%Higher-income80%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income54%Higher-income64%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income75%Higher-income77%1 pp gap