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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
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 47% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 62.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 60.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE this school | 515 | 52.8% | 56.5% |
| WILTON MANORS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILTON MANORS | 542 | 49.6% | 53.4% |
| MIAMI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI SHORES | 610 | 53.3% | 63.6% |
| COCONUT CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 467 | 48.4% | 53.0% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 527 | 56.7% | 31.0% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMARAC | 553 | 55.5% | 53.2% |
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 CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,026 of 2,136 | #11 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,004 of 2,149 ▼ 65 | #10 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #996 of 2,149 ▲ 51 | #9 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 515 | #1,360 of 2,267 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #578 of 2,077 | #1 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #519 of 2,108 | #23 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #1,183 of 2,188 | #27 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #242 of 621 | #11 of 22 |
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
515
+36 (+8%) vs 2020
+58% since 2000-01, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 515 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 53% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 65% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 76% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 72% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 77% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 81% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 71% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | 57% (185) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE.
About CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE
CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in FORT PIERCE, Florida. School enrollment was 515 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 8.
ST. LUCIE is responsible for 53 schools, CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE included, with 49,308 students in all.
At CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE, the largest share of students is Black, at 47%. Next come 30% Hispanic, 17% White, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 22% Black. CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers at CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.7:1. That is 2.8 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%.
allk12 grades CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE a B-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 56.5% actual against 54.7% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Lucie County show that the median household income is $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is one of 57 public schools in the county.
DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE's enrollment grew 8%, to 515. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.9:1 to 14.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY OF ST. LUCIE. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.