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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015002112
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
525 PEPPER ST NE, PALM BAY, FL 32907 · (321) 676-3730 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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.
- 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
12.7:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
288 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
65%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
57.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
57.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 56.2% |
% 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
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 572 | 50.3% | 56.2% |
| NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 569 | 51.1% | 47.7% |
| IMPERIAL ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 604 | 51.5% | 44.6% |
| HILAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 684 | 52.2% | 41.6% |
| BAY HAVEN SCHOOL OF BASICS PLUS SARASOTA | 547 | 51.9% | 68.9% |
| ROSEWOOD MAGNET SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 558 | 49.8% | 79.9% |
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 LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #1,041 of 2,136 | #38 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #1,234 of 2,149 ▼ 126 | #35 of 66 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #963 of 2,149 ▼ 51 | #36 of 66 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #1,133 of 2,267 | #32 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #105 of 2,077 | #12 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #603 of 2,108 | #27 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.3% | #1,291 of 2,188 | #32 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #387 of 1,374 | #15 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
572
-60 (-9%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 892
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 572 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 50% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 45.6 | 13.2:1 | 58% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 45.8 | 12.7:1 | 58% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 60% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 56 | 13.2:1 | 54% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 55% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 54 | 12.9:1 | 40% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 945 | 60 | 15.8:1 | 25% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 892 | 57 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a mid-sized elementary school in PALM BAY, Florida. Enrollment totals 572 students across pre-K through 6.
BREVARD includes 109 schools. Together they enroll 73,587 students.
Of every 100 students at LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 52 are White. Other reported shares: 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 8% multiracial. Brevard County's residents are about 73% White, 21 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher, from 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 50% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Florida public elementary schools.
The model predicts 55.9% for a school in Florida with LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 56.2%.
The school's county is Brevard County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $78,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 113 public schools in the county, enrolling about 73,587, LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT LOCKMAR, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment fell 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.7:1.
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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
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT LOCKMAR0.5 mi · 724
- RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 718
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT WEST MELBOURNE1.2 mi · 665
- CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 687
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY1.8 mi · 1,065
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 997
Frequently asked questions
About LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 572 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 52% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LOCKMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.