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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE this year?
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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177003500
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE
1100 DELAWARE AVE, FORT PIERCE, FL 34950 · (772) 467-4278 · St. Lucie County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
272 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
56.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
62.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp 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 are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
515
+73 (+17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.3:1
% White
17%
was 18%
% Hispanic
30%
was 26%
% Black
47%
was 52%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in FORT PIERCE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE, hosting 515 students in grades K through 8.
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is one of 53 schools operated by ST. LUCIE, a district that caters to 49,308 students overall.
Looking at the student body, CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE shows that the largest single group is Black at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 17% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.7%, the actual is 56.5%, a residual of +1.8 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Lucie County put median household earnings sit near $71,457, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is one of 57 public schools in St. Lucie County (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students).
Nearest neighbor: DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE's enrollment has grew 17% since 2018, when it stood at 442 (now 515). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 52% to 47%.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in FORT PIERCE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMYHigh · 1,667 students
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESElementary · 786 students
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 657
- DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX1.0 mi · 218
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY1.2 mi · 1,667
- ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 722
- PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.2 mi · 87
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIEHow large is CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE?
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE enrolls approximately 515 students in grades KG-08.
Is CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is approximately 14.7:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE?
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE reports a student body of 17% White, 30% Hispanic, 47% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE?
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is overseen by ST. LUCIE in St. Lucie County.
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