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Enrollment
1,347
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177006839
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8
12051 NW COPPER CREEK DR, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34987 · (772) 468-5050 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,347 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
766 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 139 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 200 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 223 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 61% smaller than its 8th grade class (223).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.1% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 57.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 this school | 1,347 | 56.9% | 57.1% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE PORT ST LUCIE | 1,413 | 56.0% | 52.2% |
| ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,662 | 61.4% | 53.7% |
| MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 PORT ST LUCIE | 1,700 | 58.9% | 52.5% |
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
| HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL KEY WEST | 1,011 | 60.8% | 39.4% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #993 of 2,136 | #8 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #963 of 2,149 ▲ 62 | #8 of 31 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #1,105 of 2,149 ▲ 148 | #13 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,347 | #54 of 2,267 | #8 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,679 of 2,077 | #22 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #229 of 2,108 | #13 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #1,017 of 2,188 | #21 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.2% | #98 of 621 | #3 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,347
+323 (+32%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,113
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,347 | 75 | 18.0:1 | 57% (766) |
| 2023-24 | 1,312 | 66 | 19.9:1 | 58% (759) |
| 2022-23 | 1,240 | 69 | 18.0:1 | 69% (858) |
| 2020-21 | 1,024 | 64 | 16.0:1 | 68% (697) |
| 2017-18 | 996 | 62 | 16.1:1 | 70% (702) |
| 2015-16 | 979 | 67 | 14.6:1 | 77% (757) |
| 2010-11 | 1,113 | 70 | 15.9:1 | 64% (710) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8.
About ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 is a large elementary school in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. The school counted 1,347 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. That is 123% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 is one school in a 53-school district, ST. LUCIE, which enrolls 49,308 students.
About 39% of students at ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 are Hispanic, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Black, 24% White, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 18.0:1 is based on 75 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 57% average for public schools in St. Lucie County.
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Florida public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 is +4.5 points: 57.1% actual, 52.7% predicted.
Looking at the county, St. Lucie County, the median household earns about $71,457 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. St. Lucie County has 57 public schools with about 50,809 students, including ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, ST. LUCIE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, is the closest to ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,024 (2020-21) to 1,347 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 16.0:1 to 18.0:1.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Nearby schools
- ST. LUCIE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.0 mi · 7
- SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY3.1 mi · 1,463
- SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY3.1 mi · 40
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-83.8 mi · 1,700
- PALM POINTE K8 SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,597
- FAU/SLCSD PALM POINTE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SCHOOL @ TRADITI3.9 mi · 1,501
Frequently asked questions
About ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8How large is ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8?
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 enrolls approximately 1,347 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 serve?
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 have?
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 employs 75 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8?
Student demographics at ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 are roughly 24% White, 39% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 in?
ALLAPATTAH FLATS K-8 is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.