How did Palm Beach County students do on this year’s statewide tests?
This is the third year students across Florida have taken the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) exams, which replaced the grade-level Florida Standards Assessments in 2023.
Over the past year, Palm Beach County students took the exams three times. The last test of the school year is the one that counts in the school and district scores.
The computer-based exams had 35 to 40 questions that included lessons from throughout the year, even those teachers had not yet covered. The questions got easier or harder based on how the students responded.
Which Palm Beach County elementary schools were tops in reading and math?
The Palm Beach County School District equaled the state in reading, both 57%.
The elementaries performing in the Top 5 for third grade reading were Morikami Park in Delray Beach, 96; Equestrian Trails in Wellington, 89; Addison Mizner School in Boca Raton, 88; Beacon Cove Intermediate School in Jupiter, 88; and Western Academy Charter in Loxahatchee, 88.
In math, the district edged out the state with 64% of Palm Beach County students scoring at grade level or above and 63% for the state.
The Top 5 for math were Morikami Park, 97; Timber Trace in Palm Beach Gardens, 95; Panther Run in Lake Worth Beach, 94; Beacon Cove Intermediate School, 93; and Equestrian Trails, 91.
Here all of the elementary scores:
How did 7th graders perform on reading and math tests?
About 60% of district seventh graders who scored at grade level or above in reading topped the state average of 57%. But in math, there was a significant difference. The district averaged 42% and the state, 50%.
In reading, the Top 5 middle schools in the county scoring at grade level or higher were North Grade K-8 in Lake Worth Beach, 100; Addison Mizner School, 96; Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, 94; Somerset Academy Boca Middle, 93; and Western Academy Charter School, 92.
The Top 5 middle schools in math were North Grade K-8, 100; Western Academy Charter School at 97; Bak Middle School of the Arts, 94; Somerset Academy Canyons Middle in Boynton Beach, 78; and Franklin Academy — Palm Beach Gardens, 78.
Here’s how your school compares:
How did 10th graders do on the reading test?
District 10th graders edged out the state on the high school reading test with 59% vs. 585 for the state average.
The top schools for reading were Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, 94; Suncoast High in Riviera Beach, 92; Spanish River High in Boca Raton, 81; Palm Beach Virtual Franchise, 80; and Pahokee Middle-Senior High at 76.
Holly Baltz is an editor at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach her at hbaltz@pbpost.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: See how your Palm Beach County school did on reading and math test results
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