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What's something INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN RIVER·NCES 120093002564
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY
500 20TH ST SW, VERO BEACH, FL 32962 · (772) 564-3390 · Indian River County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- ABeats 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
14.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
285 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
72%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
54.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
71.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +14.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 are up about 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 71.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.1% | 57.5% |
% 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY this school | 444 | 64.2% | 62.3% |
| SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 502 | 65.9% | 46.4% |
| BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 524 | 65.1% | 45.7% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY PORT ST LUCIE | 527 | 64.1% | 57.1% |
| LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 511 | 63.2% | 51.0% |
| DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 474 | 68.1% | 45.7% |
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 INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Indian River County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #766 of 2,136 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #581 of 2,149 ▲ 458 | #8 of 16 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,075 of 2,149 ▼ 10 | #14 of 16 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #1,631 of 2,267 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #615 of 2,077 | #7 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #108 of 2,108 | #2 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.2% | #727 of 2,188 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #1,004 of 1,374 | #6 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
444
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 444 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 64% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 78% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 81% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 81% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 80% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 85% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 88% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 75% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 23 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY.
About INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY is an elementary school in VERO BEACH, Florida, and it is part of INDIAN RIVER. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 444 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
INDIAN RIVER has 28 schools and 16,621 students, and INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY, 36%, is Hispanic. The remaining shares are 30% White, 23% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Indian River County's population at about 14%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY scores 72%.
The school had 30 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Indian River County is 11 points.
On the allk12 Grade, INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Florida public elementary schools.
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 62.3% is 13.3 points above the 49.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Indian River County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,491, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 28 public schools in the county, enrolling about 16,621, INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY among them.
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY's nearest public school is OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL (about 1.5 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY. By average proficiency, INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The school's size has been steady, with 450 students in 2020-21 and 444 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Nearby schools
- OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL1.5 mi · 524
- OSLO MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 767
- CITRUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 630
- LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 645
- VERO BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 593
- VERO BEACH HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 2,645
Frequently asked questions
About INDIAN RIVER ACADEMYHow large is INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY?
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 444 students in grades PK-05.
Is INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY have?
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY?
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY reports a student body of 30% White, 36% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY public or private?
INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY 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.