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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177001925
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1900 S 23RD ST, FORT PIERCE, FL 34950 · (772) 468-5740 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-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
15.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
520 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
41.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
60.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp 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 61 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 60.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 57.4% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 765 | 68.0% | 54.2% |
| COLONIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 661 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
| MANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 740 | 72.2% | 30.0% |
| JAMES STEPHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 730 | 71.1% | 30.3% |
| DR CARTER G WOODSON K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 990 | 71.5% | 29.3% |
| MANDARIN LAKES K-8 ACADEMY HOMESTEAD | 643 | 72.0% | 40.0% |
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 LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #1,128 of 2,136 | #15 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #1,060 of 2,149 ▼ 10 | #12 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,732 of 2,149 ▲ 21 | #28 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #544 of 2,267 | #16 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,098 of 2,077 | #7 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #810 of 2,108 | #28 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.0% | #545 of 2,188 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #467 of 621 | #19 of 22 |
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
765
+56 (+8%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 695
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 765 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 68% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 783 | 42 | 18.6:1 | 86% (677) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 89% (663) |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 89% (630) |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 78% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 52 | 13.3:1 | 83% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 75% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 40 | 18.0:1 | 74% (530) |
| 1990-91 | 695 | 34 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in FORT PIERCE, Florida. Enrolled students number 765 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
ST. LUCIE has 49,308 students spread across 53 schools.
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 45%. Smaller groups are 42% Hispanic, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 22% of St. Lucie County residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Teachers at LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 48 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 520 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 68%. That is 11 points above the 57% average for public schools in St. Lucie County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in St. Lucie County, where median household income is about $71,457, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 57 public schools in St. Lucie County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,809.
FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 709 in 2020-21 and 765 in 2024-25, a gain of 56 students.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in FORT PIERCE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMYHigh · 1,667 students
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESElementary · 786 students
- WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 726 students
Nearby schools
- FAIRLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 653
- ST. LUCIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 722
- DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 657
- DALE CASSENS EDUCATION COMPLEX0.7 mi · 218
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS TREASURE COAST1.0 mi · 46
- PERFORMANCE BASED PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.1 mi · 87
Frequently asked questions
About LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 765 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 42% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.