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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTIN·NCES 120129002770
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2095 SW 96TH ST, STUART, FL 34997 · (772) 219-1525 · Martin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
172 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
66.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 75.1% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 443 | 38.8% | 67.1% |
| ANONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 430 | 39.3% | 73.6% |
| TOMMIE BARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARCO ISLAND | 474 | 36.1% | 80.4% |
| FELIX A WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUART | 500 | 40.2% | 68.3% |
| ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 405 | 36.3% | 87.1% |
| WEST BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH | 362 | 37.3% | 55.2% |
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 CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Martin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #557 of 2,136 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #728 of 2,149 ▼ 343 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #587 of 2,149 ▼ 60 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #1,636 of 2,267 | #12 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #149 of 2,077 | #1 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #1,309 of 2,108 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.8% | #1,615 of 2,188 | #9 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #388 of 1,374 | #1 of 9 |
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
443
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 443 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 39% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 42% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 39% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 39% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 30% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 677 | 38 | 17.8:1 | 30% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in STUART, Florida. The school enrolls 443 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 27% below that mark.
MARTIN is made up of 32 schools with 18,316 students in all.
White students are 65% of those enrolled at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Martin County's population at about 78%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 51%.
Based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 13.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (67.1% versus 61.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Martin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $82,943 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Martin County with 36 other public schools.
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL (about 2.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 443, down from 467 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.0 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
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Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,176
Census ACS
Median income
$82,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARTIN
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,722 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
Other schools in STUART
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
- STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 777 students
- PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 730 students
Other Crystal Lake Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Crystal Lake Elementary. CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE MARY, FL · 685 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKELAND, FL · 437 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,775
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 911
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMY3.6 mi · 1,082
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 658
- WILLOUGHBY LEARNING CENTER4.7 mi · 42
- SEA WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
Is CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MARTIN.
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