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JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 2525 NE SAVANNAH RD, in JENSEN BEACH, Florida, JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that teaches 611 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under MARTIN.
MARTIN runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 18,316 students. JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Martin County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.5%; JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 73.2%, +14.7 points above that line.
Across the wider county, Martin County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,943, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Martin County (combined enrollment of about 18,316 students).
Nearest neighbor: FELIX A WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.7%.
JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JENSEN BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 604 students in 2018 to 611 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.
On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Martin County at a glance
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