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FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 76% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES operates as a cozy K-5 school in COCOA BEACH, Florida, one of the schools within BREVARD. Current enrollment sits at 408 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 32% below typical.
FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES is one of 109 schools operated by BREVARD, a district that teaches 73,587 students overall.
On the student-mix side, FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Brevard County's rate of about 42%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 75.9%; actual is 93.8%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Across the wider county, Brevard County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,476 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES is one.
The closest other public school is THEODORE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. On composite proficiency, FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 69.2%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 408 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 68% to 73% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for FREEDOM 7 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Brevard County at a glance
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