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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN RIVER·NCES 120093002563
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4940 8TH ST, VERO BEACH, FL 32968 · (772) 978-8050 · Indian River County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
258 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70% · US 70%
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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 55.9% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 390 | 66.2% | 59.2% |
| SPARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANTHONY | 435 | 64.4% | 44.5% |
| HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 389 | 61.4% | 49.9% |
| SEBASTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 312 | 63.8% | 67.9% |
| CROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 464 | 63.1% | 57.3% |
| KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 471 | 67.1% | 54.0% |
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 GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Indian River County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #905 of 2,136 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #824 of 2,149 ▲ 298 | #10 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #832 of 2,149 ▲ 45 | #9 of 16 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #1,793 of 2,267 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #481 of 2,077 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #824 of 2,108 | #8 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #633 of 2,188 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.9% | #176 of 1,374 | #2 of 10 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
390
-136 (-26%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 390 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 66% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 72% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 73% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 74% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 41 | 13.8:1 | 74% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 82% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 39 | 14.5:1 | 75% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 36% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 34 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in VERO BEACH, Florida. The school had 390 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 28 schools that make up INDIAN RIVER (16,621 students in total).
White students make up a majority at GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 56%. Other students are 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 75% White share among all Indian River County residents. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 66% in 2024-25. That is 13 points above the 53% average for public schools in Indian River County.
allk12 grades GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In Indian River County (population about 166,936), the median household income is $73,491, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in the county.
IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8.
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 136 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.9 in 2020-21.
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Indian River County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,936
Census ACS
Median income
$73,491
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
16,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INDIAN RIVER
- VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,645 students
- SEBASTIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,777 students
- STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 904 students
- IMAGINE AT SOUTH VEROElementary · 892 students
- SEBASTIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 775 students
- OSLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 767 students
Other schools in VERO BEACH
- VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,645 students
- STORM GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 904 students
- IMAGINE AT SOUTH VEROElementary · 892 students
- OSLO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 767 students
- INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 682 students
- CITRUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 630 students
Other Glendale Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 10 states are named Glendale Elementary. GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Glendale ElementarySAVAGE, MN · 522 students
- GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTONAWANDA, NY · 443 students
- Glendale ElementaryGlen Burnie, MD · 438 students
- Glendale ElementaryNashville, TN · 433 students
- GLENDALE ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 417 students
Nearby schools
- IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO1.0 mi · 892
- ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL1.2 mi · 558
- INDIAN RIVER CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 682
- CITRUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 630
- VERO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 593
- VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 2,645
Frequently asked questions
About GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 390 students in grades PK-05.
Is GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 56% White, 22% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by INDIAN RIVER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.