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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