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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTIN·NCES 120129001288
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11555 SE GOMEZ AVE, HOBE SOUND, FL 33455 · (772) 219-1540 · Martin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
17.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
289 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
45.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
53.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 56.2% |
% 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 464 | 62.3% | 52.7% |
| CROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 464 | 63.1% | 57.3% |
| COTEE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 526 | 65.8% | 40.5% |
| JAMES W. SIKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 502 | 61.6% | 56.8% |
| CALUSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 417 | 65.0% | 31.5% |
| HIGHLAND CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIGHLAND CITY | 414 | 63.5% | 56.9% |
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 HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Martin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,198 of 2,136 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,406 of 2,149 ▼ 297 | #7 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,510 of 2,149 ▼ 402 | #8 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #1,561 of 2,267 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,481 of 2,077 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #1,006 of 2,108 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #819 of 2,188 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #550 of 1,374 | #6 of 9 |
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
464
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 464 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 62% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 460 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 66% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 30 | 15.3:1 | 68% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 65% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 571 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 58% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 56% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 47% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 33 | 18.5:1 | 33% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 826 | 48 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in HOBE SOUND, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 464 students. The school's enrollment is 23% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
In MARTIN, 32 schools enroll a combined 18,316 students.
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 78%. The chance that two students picked at random at HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
The count of teachers at HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 27 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. The school counts 289 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 62%. That is higher than the 43% average for public schools in Martin County.
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 45% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (52.7%) and its predicted rate (50.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Within Martin County, median household income is about $82,943, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 37 public schools in Martin County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,316.
Of nearby public schools, SEA WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 5.2 miles. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 464, 6% below the 494 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.5:1 to 17.2:1.
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Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,176
Census ACS
Median income
$82,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARTIN
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,722 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
Nearby schools
- SEA WIND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 517
- RIVERBEND ACADEMY6.2 mi · 49
- MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL6.4 mi · 564
- PK EARLY INTERVENTION7.1 mi · 262
- PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS7.1 mi · 9
- CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER7.4 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
Is HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 56% White, 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HOBE SOUND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARTIN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.