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CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL
Set in COCOA, Florida, CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school, part of BREVARD. It works with 477 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
BREVARD comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 73,587 students; CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Black, 19% White, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.
On the resource side, On paper, CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brevard County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.8%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Brevard County put median household earnings sit near $78,476, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: BREVARD VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.7%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 679 (now 477). Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 48% across the same window.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Brevard County at a glance
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