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Enrollment
879
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177002638
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1661 SW BAYSHORE BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34984 · (772) 340-4720 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL879 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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.
- B+Beats 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
18.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
595 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 | 57 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
69%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
44.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 62.1% |
% 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
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 879 | 67.7% | 54.3% |
| LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 645 | 68.1% | 48.4% |
| RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 778 | 67.2% | 64.2% |
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
| WALTER CALDWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURNDALE | 887 | 72.7% | 50.6% |
| JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WINTER HAVEN | 746 | 63.0% | 51.5% |
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 BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #1,120 of 2,136 | #13 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #1,047 of 2,149 ▼ 185 | #11 of 31 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #1,546 of 2,149 ▼ 277 | #23 of 31 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 879 | #335 of 2,267 | #12 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,748 of 2,077 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #300 of 2,108 | #19 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #559 of 2,188 | #8 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +36.3% | #91 of 621 | #2 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
879
+236 (+37%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 879 | 48 | 18.3:1 | 68% (595) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 50 | 17.4:1 | 68% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 43 | 19.4:1 | 70% (582) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 68% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 69% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 73% (516) |
| 2010-11 | 785 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 64% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 55% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 740 | 34 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 1661 SW BAYSHORE BLVD in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 879 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 46% above that mark.
ST. LUCIE is the local district for BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 53 schools with 49,308 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black, with 39% of students. Other groups make up 34% Hispanic, 20% White, and 5% multiracial. St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 68% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Lucie County is 57%.
On the allk12 Grade, BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 57% of Florida public elementary schools.
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (54.3% versus 47.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
For the population of St. Lucie County, median household income comes to about $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. St. Lucie County's 57 public schools enroll about 50,809 students and include BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The closest school to BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL, located about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On proficiency, BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 50.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 879 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 643.
On allk12, people connected to BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Bayshore Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bayshore Elementary. BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 711 students
- Bayshore Elementary SchoolLA PORTE, TX · 420 students
- Bayshore ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 338 students
Nearby schools
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,662
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH1.1 mi · 2,914
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,727
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY2.0 mi · 527
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-82.0 mi · 1,700
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE2.2 mi · 1,413
Frequently asked questions
About BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 879 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 20% White, 34% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.