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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
431
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015002483
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6135 RENA AVE, COCOA, FL 32927 · (321) 636-5801 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL431 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
215 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 11 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
57.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.4% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 61.5% |
% 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
61.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 431 | 49.9% | 61.6% |
| CHISHOLM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW SMYRNA BEACH | 479 | 50.3% | 73.4% |
| ORMOND BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORMOND BEACH | 363 | 52.1% | 80.0% |
| APALACHICOLA BAY CHARTER SCHOOL APALACHICOLA | 356 | 50.6% | 60.2% |
| LULA J. EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 501 | 46.5% | 70.5% |
| DALE R FAIR BABSON PARK ELEMENTARY BABSON PARK | 453 | 46.1% | 62.3% |
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 CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #796 of 2,136 | #30 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,001 of 2,149 ▼ 120 | #31 of 66 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #958 of 2,149 ▼ 165 | #35 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 431 | #1,670 of 2,267 | #53 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #219 of 2,077 | #23 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #1,356 of 2,108 | #44 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #1,302 of 2,188 | #33 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #422 of 1,374 | #19 of 46 |
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
431
-46 (-10%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 431 | 32 | 13.5:1 | 50% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 59% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 56% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 62% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 60% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 64% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 42% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 566 | 31 | 18.3:1 | 27% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 863 | 42 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in Florida, with an address in COCOA. There are 431 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
In BREVARD, 109 schools enroll a combined 73,587 students.
More than half of the students at CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (68%). The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 50%.
There are 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.5:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On BeatsExpectations, CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
The school is in Brevard County, where median household income comes to about $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brevard County counts 113 public schools with about 73,587 students.
ATLANTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. By average proficiency, CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 7 schools close by.
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% decline, from 477 to 431. The ratio was 14.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
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- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
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- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
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- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- ATLANTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 650
- BREVARD COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER1.5 mi · 28
- BREVARD COUNTY JAIL COMPLEX1.7 mi · 10
- ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 597
- SPACE COAST JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,503
- FAIRGLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 431 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CHALLENGER 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.