BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a large K-5 school in PALM COAST, Florida, BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 1,288 students from grades pre-K through 7, one of the schools within FLAGLER. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 113% bigger than typical.

BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 schools operated by FLAGLER, a district that enrolls 13,521 students overall.

Demographically, BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Flagler County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Flagler County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,363 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Flagler County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,521 students), BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 1,448 students in 2018 compared to 1,288 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 18% to 23%.

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