Crosspointe Elementary School, Boynton Beach FL

Original Research by School Decision on Crosspointe Elementary School

Crosspointe Elementary is a public PreK-through-fifth-grade school in Boynton Beach, part of the Palm Beach district. The student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller but meaningful share of Hispanic students and smaller representations of other groups. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you this is a high-poverty school by the measures used in federal education reporting. Data on English learner counts and students receiving special education services were not available in what was provided.

On state assessments, the picture is mixed and warrants a candid look. Florida reports results through the FAST assessment, and across the tested grades, Crosspointe's proficiency rates in both math and ELA sit in the range of roughly the low forties to the mid-fifties, depending on grade. Third grade math is the relative high point; fourth grade ELA is the lowest result reported. Fifth-grade science results are in a similar range. Compared to other districts in Palm Beach County, Crosspointe's overall proficiency index places the school in the bottom quartile of that group. That positioning doesn't tell a parent everything, but it is a real signal, and a family would want to ask the school directly about what support structures are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether results have been improving, declining, or holding steady.

Because Crosspointe serves only through fifth grade, graduation rate data does not apply here. AP, dual-enrollment, and career pathway information also do not apply to an elementary school. Program-level information beyond what the state assessment data reflects was not included in what was provided.

The school sits on South Congress Avenue, which is one of Boynton Beach's main commercial corridors. The city itself is the third-largest municipality in Palm Beach County and is publicly described as one of the county's fastest-growing communities. Its character is a mix: older residential neighborhoods closer to the coast with single-family homes and some waterfront density, and a western edge that is seeing active new construction. Boynton Beach is largely car-dependent overall, though the city has been investing in a more walkable downtown core through its Town Square project, which brought a new City Hall and library, a cultural center in a historic schoolhouse, and an amphitheater into a compact civic district. Multiple large apartment projects are now underway in and around that downtown, including workforce housing components, so the residential landscape around the school is actively shifting. Transit exists via Tri-Rail and Palm Tran bus routes, though for most families in this part of the county, a car is the practical reality.

Housing near the school, based on current market data for the zip code, shows home values modestly below the Florida state median and roughly in line with national levels, with a slight year-over-year decline. Rents in the area run high relative to income by national affordability benchmarks, a pressure that reflects broader South Florida dynamics and is worth factoring into any housing decision. The Congress Avenue corridor is close to major retail, Baptist Health Bethesda Hospital East, and a range of service employers, so the area is well-connected to day-to-day amenities even if it is not a walkable neighborhood in the traditional sense.

On the academic side, parents whose children are currently below grade level in reading or math would want to understand specifically what intervention resources and instructional staffing Crosspointe has in place. That information was not part of what was available here, so a conversation with the school or district is the right next step.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 64% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 55% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 59% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 57% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 56% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 56% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 54% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below 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-income47%Higher-income60%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income44%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income46%Higher-income36%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income53%Higher-income63%10 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income59%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income44%0 pp gap