EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY

EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is a cozy elementary-level community in COCOA, Florida, operated by BREVARD. The school serves 339 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within BREVARD, which oversees 109 schools and 73,587 students, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Black, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 9% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 6% White. By comparison, Brevard County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY higher than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brevard County (around 42%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 38.9%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Brevard County put median household earnings sit near $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY is one.

RONALD MCNAIR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EMMA JEWEL CHARTER ACADEMY has ticked down 4%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

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