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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTIN·NCES 120129003087
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2201 SW MATHESON AVE, PALM CITY, FL 34990 · (772) 219-1500 · Martin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.2:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
133 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
73.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
82.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 78.9% |
% 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
76.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 594 | 22.4% | 76.0% |
| OCEAN BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH | 498 | 23.5% | 72.1% |
| INDIALANTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INDIALANTIC | 662 | 19.9% | 82.8% |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 578 | 23.2% | 75.7% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 696 | 22.1% | 89.2% |
| OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 727 | 24.6% | 82.3% |
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 BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Martin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #276 of 2,136 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #208 of 2,149 ▲ 49 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #338 of 2,149 ▼ 37 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #1,049 of 2,267 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #788 of 2,077 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #1,813 of 2,108 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #1,962 of 2,188 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #440 of 621 | N/A |
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
594
+70 (+13%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 594 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 22% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 563 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 37.5 | 15.0:1 | 28% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 18% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 21% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 16% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 9% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in PALM CITY, Florida, one of the schools in MARTIN. The school's enrollment of 594 students covers pre-K through 5.
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 32 schools run by MARTIN, which serves 18,316 students.
About 82% of the student body at BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Martin County as a whole is similar, at about 78%. The school's diversity index is 32%, meaning two students picked at random have a 32% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 39 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.2:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 22%. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in Martin County is 21 points.
allk12 grades BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 76.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 70.0%.
Among Martin County residents, the median household income is $82,943, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 1.1 miles from BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL grew 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 524 to 594 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
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Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,176
Census ACS
Median income
$82,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARTIN
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,722 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
Other schools in PALM CITY
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 596 students
- PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 575 students
Nearby schools
- PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 575
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 920
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,055
- THE HOPE CHARTER CENTER FOR AUTISM1.8 mi · 97
- MARTIN COUNTY JAIL2.2 mi · 1
- STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 777
Frequently asked questions
About BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 594 students in grades PK-05.
Is BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.2:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARTIN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.