BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in PALM CITY, Florida, one of the schools within MARTIN. The school teaches 594 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MARTIN comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 18,316 students; BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Martin County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate median household income runs about $82,943, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Martin County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students), BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PALM CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 64.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 5%: 565 students in 2018 compared to 594 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.