BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in VERO BEACH, Florida, part of INDIAN RIVER. The school caters to 534 students in grades pre-K through 5.

INDIAN RIVER comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 16,621 students; BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Indian River County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 75.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Indian River County put median household income runs about $73,491, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Indian River County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students), BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. BEACHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 466 (now 534). Black enrollment moved from 23% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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