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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION·NCES 120126001253
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5556 SE COUNTY HIGHWAY 484, BELLEVIEW, FL 34420 · (352) 671-6100 · Marion County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
459 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
48.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
44.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 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 | 48.0% | 44.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 43.6% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 681 | 67.4% | 43.7% |
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 792 | 66.7% | 33.2% |
| GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 625 | 69.0% | 44.4% |
| WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 704 | 70.0% | 65.2% |
| ORANGE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 594 | 66.8% | 42.7% |
| FORT BRADEN SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 668 | 65.6% | 34.8% |
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 BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #1,654 of 2,136 | #17 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,774 of 2,149 ▼ 86 | #20 of 32 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,392 of 2,149 ▲ 193 | #12 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #777 of 2,267 | #17 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,194 of 2,077 | #18 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.5% | #854 of 2,108 | #26 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #567 of 2,188 | #13 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.4% | #1,360 of 1,374 | #12 of 12 |
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
681
+89 (+15%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 67% (459) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 68% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 73% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 592 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 72% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 77% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 47 | 13.8:1 | 76% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 50 | 13.1:1 | 75% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 41 | 18.0:1 | 66% (484) |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 34 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In BELLEVIEW, Florida, part of Marion County, BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. It serves 681 students in pre-K through 5.
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 62 schools run by MARION, which serves 46,349 students.
At 54%, White students outnumber all other groups at BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Marion County, the White share is about 69%. By the diversity index, BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 61%.
Teacher staffing is 42 full-time equivalents, or about 16.2 students per teacher. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 67%. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is 57%.
The model predicts 47.4% for a school in Florida with BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 43.7%.
In the county around the school, Marion County, median household income is about $61,010, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 68 public schools in Marion County.
The closest public school to BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 2.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 43.2%, lower than BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 43.7%.
Federal data place BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 592 students in 2020-21 and 681 in 2024-25, a 15% rise.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
400,078
Census ACS
Median income
$61,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
46,349 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARION
- WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,022 students
- FOREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,387 students
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,904 students
- VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,684 students
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,600 students
- DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
Other schools in BELLEVIEW
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,904 students
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,600 students
- BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 663 students
Other Belleview Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Belleview Elementary. BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 5.
- Belleview Elementary SchoolGREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO · 577 students
- Belleview ElementaryPorterville, CA · 377 students
- Belleview ElementarySonora, CA · 148 students
- BELLEVIEW ELEM.BELLEVIEW, MO · 81 students
Nearby schools
- BELLEVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,600
- BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,904
- BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 663
- LEGACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 753
- EMERALD SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 696
- HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 681 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 54% White, 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MARION in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.