Total enrollment
16,621
-949 (-5%) vs SY 2020-21
28 schools in INDIAN RIVER
Florida · 16,621 students · 3 cities
Public-school families inside INDIAN RIVER pick from 28 schools serving the district's roughly 16,621 K-12 students (17 elementary, 5 middle, and 4 high).
4-year change in INDIAN RIVER
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
28
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How INDIAN RIVER ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Florida | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #11 of 63 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 16,621 | #32 of 70 | #491 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 28 | #31 of 70 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #36 of 70 | #7,486 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 53.5% | #25 of 70 | #3,664 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #19 of 68 | #854 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside INDIAN RIVER
State test results across the district's 24 scored schools run from ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL at 79.9% proficient to DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 44.0%, a gap of 35.9 points. That is the 39th widest gap among 62 Florida districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About INDIAN RIVER
INDIAN RIVER is a thinly populated public-school district in Florida. The district maintains 28 schools and enrolls approximately 16,621 students.
In terms of grade levels, INDIAN RIVER is built around 17 elementary, 5 middle, 4 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, INDIAN RIVER runs about 594 students per school, 16% below the state mean of roughly 705.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 5%: 17,570 students in SY 2020-21 versus 16,621 in SY 2024-25.
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