HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the compact elementary-level communitys in MELBOURNE, Florida, part of BREVARD, with 389 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 109 schools operated by BREVARD, a district that hosts 73,587 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 13% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Brevard County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brevard County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Brevard County indicate median household income runs about $78,476, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Brevard County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. HARBOR CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 389). White enrollment moved from 68% to 55% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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