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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081000449
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
885 N BROAD ST, BROOKSVILLE, FL 34601 · (352) 797-7014 · Hernando County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
444 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 64 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
47.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.6pp 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 48 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 50.8% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 687 | 64.6% | 45.5% |
| FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WHITE | 644 | 63.0% | 46.7% |
| BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONSON | 586 | 66.4% | 48.9% |
| CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 705 | 62.4% | 59.0% |
| BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAN MATEO | 679 | 59.9% | 40.9% |
| LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYO | 546 | 65.6% | 65.5% |
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 BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,556 of 2,136 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,644 of 2,149 ▼ 301 | #11 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,411 of 2,149 ▲ 24 | #11 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #752 of 2,267 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #957 of 2,077 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #1,103 of 2,108 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.6% | #706 of 2,188 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #424 of 621 | #7 of 9 |
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
687
+74 (+12%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 687 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 65% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 70% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 68% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 68% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 75% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 78% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 59 | 14.3:1 | 69% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 53 | 14.8:1 | 52% (411) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school for students in BROOKSVILLE, Florida. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 687 students enrolled.
HERNANDO is responsible for 29 schools, BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 23,734 students in all.
More than half of enrollment at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 63%. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 8% multiracial. Hernando County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55%.
Classroom staffing at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 65% of students (444) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 53% average for public schools in Hernando County, the school's rate is higher.
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.8%.
Census data for Hernando County show median household income comes to about $66,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 31 public schools and about 23,734 students.
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. There are 5 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 49.2% on proficiency, and BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 45.5%.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
A 12% rise took enrollment from 613 in 2020-21 to 687 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.6:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
Other schools in BROOKSVILLE
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGHHigh · 1,293 students
- POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,041 students
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 943 students
- CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 783 students
Other Brooksville Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Brooksville Elementary. BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Brooksville Elementary SchoolBrooksville, ME · 42 students
Nearby schools
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,299
- HERNANDO ESCHOOL VIRTUAL FRANCHISE0.3 mi · 46
- BROOKSVILLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (B.E.S.T.)1.5 mi · 88
- MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 671
- D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 745
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 754
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 687 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 16% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HERNANDO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.