FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 50 N CYPRESS ST, in FELLSMERE, Florida, FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school that works with 605 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within INDIAN RIVER.

Within INDIAN RIVER, which oversees 28 schools and 16,621 students, FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Indian River County as a whole is about 14% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Indian River County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.3%; actual is 63.4%, +32.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Indian River County shows median household income runs about $73,491, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Indian River County (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students).

Nearest neighbor: SEBASTIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 5.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FELLSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 4%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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