Education

Public K-12 education

K–12 public education is administrated by the School District of Palm Beach County, which is the eleventh-largest school district in the United States by enrollment.^[22] Public schools include:

Elementary schools

• Everglades Elementary School
• South Olive Elementary School
• U.B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School - Performing and Visual School of the Arts Magnet School

Middle schools

• Bak Middle School of the Arts
• Roosevelt Middle School
• Western Pines Community Middle School
• Conniston Middle School
• Bear Lakes Middle School
• Jeaga Middle School

High schools

• Dreyfoos School of the Arts - Performing and Visual School of the Arts Magnet School
• Forest Hill Community High School
• G-Star School Of The Arts
• Palm Beach Lakes Community High School

Charter and multi-level

• Palm Beach Maritime Academy - K-10 moving to K-12
• Gardens School Of Technology Arts - K-8
• University Preparatory Academy - K-3

Private schools

Private schools in the area include:^[23]

• Berean Christian School
• Cardinal Newman High School
• The King's Academy
• American Heritage School
• Indian Ridge School
• Palm Beach Day Academy
• The Benjamin School
• Oxbridge Academy of the Palm Beaches
• Rosarian Academy
• Saint Ann Catholic School
• Matlock Preparatory Academy

Post-secondary education

Original Palm Beach Junior College building

The original Palm Beach Junior College building was restored and is now adjacent to the campus of the Dreyfoos School of the Arts, a magnet performing and visual arts high school. It is now a satellite building of Palm Beach State College

Palm Beach Atlantic University lies along the Intracoastal Waterway Lake Worth Lagoon

Palm Beach Atlantic University (PBAU), a four-year private Christian university with approximately 3,200 students, is located in the city on seven blocks within the south end of downtown. The campus includes several historic structures converted to academic use. PBAU has recently added schools of nursing and of pharmacy.
Northwood University formally had a residential campus in West Palm Beach, Florida. The campus now belongs to Keiser University, a regionally accredited school that offers a variety of degrees at the Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral levels. It is one of their 16 Florida campuses.
Various private for-profit institutions are located in the city, including the Lincoln College of Technology (formerly known as New England Institute of Technology) and Florida Culinary Institute, owned by the New Jersey-based Lincoln Group of Schools.

Libraries

The Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach serves the city.^[24] The new city public library opened in April 2009 at 411 Clematis Street, replacing the 1962 building which stood at the intersection of Clematis and Flagler Drive, along the Intracoastal Waterfront. Named for a Mandel Foundation grant received in 2012, the Mandel Public Library provides books, performances, classes, research, entertainment, technology, music and more.
The Main Branch of the Palm Beach County Library System is also located in West Palm Beach, as well as the Okeechobee Branch Library.^[25]