English Language Arts
36.4%
State avg 56.7%
District avg 54.8%
County avg 56.2%
+7.4pp since 2023-24
District avg 54.8%
County avg 56.2%
+7.4pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Florida schools by score · Alachua County schools by score
FAST / B.E.S.T., SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % at Level 3 or Above.Mathematics
29.7%
State avg 58.9%
District avg 53.7%
County avg 55.4%
-2.1pp since 2023-24
District avg 53.7%
County avg 55.4%
-2.1pp since 2023-24
Science
37.0%
State avg 58.7%
District avg 53.8%
County avg 55.2%
-9.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 53.8%
County avg 55.2%
-9.0pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 30 of 100 do math at grade level, and about 37 of 100 are at grade level in science. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57, 59, and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points and science scores are down about 9 points.
Rank: CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places #2,008 of 2,136 Florida elementary schools, and #25 of 27 in Alachua County for state test proficiency.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 3 | 42.0% | 57.2% | 38 | 35.0% | 63.1% | 37 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 4 | 31.0% | 56.4% | 45 | 33.0% | 62.1% | 46 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 5 | 37.0% | 55.7% | 52 | 23.0% | 56.9% | 52 | 37.0% | 55.0% | 51 |
2-year history
All grades, all students. CHESTER Florida avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 36.4% | 54.8% | 56.2% | 56.7% |
| SY 2023-24 | 29.0% | 52.3% | 53.4% | 52.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 29.7% | 53.7% | 55.4% | 58.9% |
| SY 2023-24 | 31.8% | 51.5% | 53.0% | 55.7% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 37.0% | 53.8% | 55.2% | 58.7% |
| SY 2023-24 | 46.0% | 54.3% | 55.2% | 55.5% |
How to read these scores
What is FAST / B.E.S.T.?
Florida public-school students take the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) three times a year in ELA and Math (grades 3-10), plus a B.E.S.T. Science test at grades 5 and 8. High school students take B.E.S.T. End-of-Course (EOC) exams in Algebra I and Biology. The Spring (PM3) administration is the summative measure used here.
What does "% at Level 3 or Above" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at Level 3, 4, or 5 on Florida's 5-level B.E.S.T. performance scale. Level 3 is "On Grade Level"; Levels 4 and 5 are "Above Grade Level" and "Mastery". The cumulative top-three rate is the headline measure FLDOE reports for school grades. A higher number is better.
What does 36.4% mean for English Language Arts at CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
It means about 36.4 percent of students tested at CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performed at grade level or above on the FAST / B.E.S.T. English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Florida that year was 56.7%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Florida, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Florida Department of Education, Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) and B.E.S.T. End-of-Course exams (Algebra I, Biology). School-level results from the FLDOE Spring PM3 administration. Headline metric is the cumulative "Level 3 or Above" rate on Florida's 5-level B.E.S.T. performance scale.
How often is it updated?
FAST / B.E.S.T. is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.