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IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO
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 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO
As an average-sized elementary school in VERO BEACH, Florida, IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO caters to 892 students from grades K through 8, run under INDIAN RIVER. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
INDIAN RIVER comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 16,621 students; IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO is among them.
On the student-mix side, IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Black, 8% Hispanic.
Looking at the economic backdrop, IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO reports 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Indian River County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 80.0%; this one delivers 71.9%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Indian River County indicate median household income runs about $73,491, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO is one of 28 public schools in Indian River County (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students).
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 61.3%.
IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO operates from a bedroom-community location. IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IMAGINE AT SOUTH VERO has showed little movement, going from 900 students in 2018 to 892 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged up from 4% to 8% over that span.
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Indian River County at a glance
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- ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL2.1 mi · 558
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