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EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY

705 BLAKE AVE, COCOA, FL 32922 · (321) 634-5462 · Brevard County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Florida public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
261 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten3611%
Grade 14513%
Grade 23912%
Grade 35516%
Grade 44212%
Grade 53711%
Grade 64012%
Grade 7237%
Grade 8226%

This year's kindergarten class (36) is 64% larger than its 8th grade class (22).

Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
206%
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
226%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
26378%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
299%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
18254%
Female
15746%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
41.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
38.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.6pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2541.2%38.1%
2023-2433.5%29.5%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY

EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY this school33977.0%38.9%
ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY
ORLANDO
34276.9%46.5%
LONG BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JACKSONVILLE
30378.5%37.4%
HUNGERFORD ELEMENTARY
EATONVILLE
28176.2%52.1%
MAXIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ST PETERSBURG
33981.7%38.8%
ECCLESTON ELEMENTARY
ORLANDO
35480.8%41.8%
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 EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Brevard County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
38.9%#1,858 of 2,136#60 of 66
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
38.1%#1,973 of 2,149
▲ 99
#61 of 66
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.2%#1,722 of 2,149
▲ 187
#59 of 66
▲ 5
Enrollment
ranked largest first
339#1,914 of 2,267#63 of 68
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.6:1#1,972 of 2,077#66 of 66
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
38.3%#1,704 of 2,108#58 of 66
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
77.0%#230 of 2,188#2 of 68
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-4.2%#1,200 of 1,374#38 of 46
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 2024-25
Enrollment
339
0 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2533916.520.6:177% (261)
2023-2436416.522.1:185% (309)
2022-2334116.820.3:183% (283)
2020-213392016.9:183% (281)
2017-183542613.6:186% (303)
2015-163152115.0:188% (278)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY.

About EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY

EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY operates as a small elementary school in COCOA, Florida. The school counted 339 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 44% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.

EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY falls under BREVARD, which has 109 schools enrolling 73,587 students.

The share of Black students at EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is 78%, a majority. It is also 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% White. For comparison, the population of Brevard County is roughly 10% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.

Its ratio of 20.6:1 is based on 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Brevard County report 42%.

Among Florida public elementary schools, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.

On BeatsExpectations, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is 3.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.

In the surrounding county, Brevard County, the median household earns about $78,476 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Brevard County has 113 public schools with about 73,587 students, including EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY.

Among nearby public schools, RONALD MCNAIR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY. By average proficiency, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is 6th among 8 schools close by.

Federal data place EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is a public charter school.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 339 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 339. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.9:1).

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Brevard County at a glance

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Population
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students

Quick facts

School name
EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY
District
BREVARD
Address
705 BLAKE AVE, COCOA, FL 32922
Phone
(321) 634-5462
County
Brevard County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
339
Teachers (FTE)
17
Student–teacher ratio
20.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
261 (77%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120015008175
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY
How large is EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY?
EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY serve?
EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY.
How diverse is EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY?
EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY reports a student body of 6% White, 6% Hispanic, 78% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY?
EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is overseen by BREVARD in Brevard County.
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