HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3011 S FISKE BLVD, in ROCKLEDGE, Florida, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact primary school that instructs 480 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of BREVARD. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 604.

BREVARD comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 73,587 students; HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Brevard County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.2%.

Around the school, Brevard County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Brevard County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 35%, going from 736 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 64% to 51%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.