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What's the one class at JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
600
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015002281
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3175 JUPITER BLVD SE, PALM BAY, FL 32909 · (321) 676-5700 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL600 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
433 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 59 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
40.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
41.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.6% | 30.0% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 600 | 72.2% | 39.1% |
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 583 | 71.9% | 44.6% |
| SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 619 | 73.5% | 39.0% |
| EMERALD SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 696 | 71.7% | 36.3% |
| PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 510 | 70.6% | 43.6% |
| GARDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 652 | 74.4% | 48.9% |
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 JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #1,851 of 2,136 | #58 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #1,891 of 2,149 ▲ 177 | #58 of 66 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,741 of 2,149 ▼ 85 | #60 of 66 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 600 | #1,027 of 2,267 | #25 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #860 of 2,077 | #51 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #139 of 2,108 | #5 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.2% | #375 of 2,188 | #5 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #1,304 of 1,374 | #43 of 46 |
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
600
+71 (+13%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 72% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 69% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 38.8 | 14.0:1 | 69% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 40 | 13.2:1 | 61% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 72% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 688 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 81% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 54 | 12.3:1 | 73% (488) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 59% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 46 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A medium-sized elementary school in PALM BAY, Florida, JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 600 students.
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 109 schools that make up BREVARD (73,587 students in total).
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 35%. It is also 31% Black, 25% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Brevard County's residents are about 73% White, 38 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. The average for public schools in Brevard County is 42%.
The allk12 Grade for JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 45.0% for a school in Florida with JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 39.1%.
Brevard County census figures show that median household income is about $78,476, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 113 public schools in Brevard County.
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Mid-size.
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 529 students in 2020-21 and 600 in 2024-25, a 13% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.2:1 to 15.4:1 over the same years.
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Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 997
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY1.4 mi · 1,065
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 687
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 576
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT LOCKMAR2.1 mi · 724
- JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 600 students in grades PK-06.
Is JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 35% White, 25% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
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