# HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `120150001481` - **School name**: HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL - **Location**: PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL 33403 - **Address**: 9480 MACARTHUR BLVD - **District**: PALM BEACH (LEAID `1201500`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Middle - **Grade range**: 6–8 - **Coordinates**: 26.81315, -80.08645 - **Phone**: (561)776-3600 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 705 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 43 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 16.4:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 67.1% ## State accountability rating - **System**: FL School Grade - **Year**: 2025 - **Overall rating**: C - **Indicators**: - overall: C ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2025 - **Overall (FL School Grade)**: 57.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2020**: chronic absence 12.2% (107 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 2.4% (17 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 2.6% (19 students) [source: crdc] - **2015**: chronic absence 10.3% (74 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.1% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 14.9% - **Black/African American**: 1.8% - **Asian**: 72.8% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 7.3% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.0% - **Two or more races**: 3.1% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 70.6% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 29.3% — 211 students - **English Learners**: 14.7% — 106 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 140 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 45 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 25 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 20 students - **Autism**: 3 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $16,021 - **Federal share**: $2,970 - **State + local share**: $13,051 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $15,532,108 - **Federal share**: 15.3% - **State share**: 21.7% - **Local share**: 63.0% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,014,132 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $96,450 - **Poverty rate**: 8.3% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 30.9% - **Unemployment**: 1.7% - **Median gross rent**: $1,658 - **Foreign-born residents**: 12.2% - **Single-parent households**: 13.1% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 1.5 miles (TRANS CIRCUITS INC) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 23 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.29 miles (FORMER SEACOAST UTILITY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: SEACOAST UTILITIES AUTHORITY - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Most recent violation**: 2025-11-01 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 6.39436 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 11.9 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **PALM BEACH VIRTUAL FRANCHISE** — 0.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.36%) - **PALM BEACH VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM** — 0.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.36%) - **GARDENS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ARTS INC** — 0.7 mi away, 0% (this school: 2.36%) - **PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 0.41% (this school: 2.36%) - **ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.2 mi away, 0.62% (this school: 2.36%) ### ela proficiency - **PALM BEACH VIRTUAL FRANCHISE** — 0.2 mi away, 94% (this school: 48%) - **GARDENS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY ARTS INC** — 0.7 mi away, 49% (this school: 48%) - **PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 77% (this school: 48%) - **ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.2 mi away, 70% (this school: 48%) - **PALM BEACH GARDENS HIGH SCHOOL** — 1.3 mi away, 51% (this school: 48%) ### math proficiency - **PALM BEACH VIRTUAL FRANCHISE** — 0.2 mi away, 88% (this school: 47%) - **PALM BEACH GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 0.8 mi away, 80% (this school: 47%) - **ALLAMANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.2 mi away, 71% (this school: 47%) - **GROVE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL** — 1.5 mi away, 50% (this school: 47%) - **THE CONSERVATORY SCHOOL AT NORTH PALM BEACH** — 1.7 mi away, 70% (this school: 47%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens - **Performance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/performance - **Finance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/context - **Attendance**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.fl.whatschool.ai/en/fl/school/howell-l-watkins-middle-school-palm-beach-gardens/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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