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Enrollment
578
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015003295
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4290 N WICKHAM RD, MELBOURNE, FL 32935 · (321) 242-4700 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL578 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
134 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 | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 38% smaller than its 6th grade class (89).
Student demographics
42%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
73.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
79.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What 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 79 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.3% | 79.1% |
% 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
75.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 578 | 23.2% | 75.7% |
| CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 676 | 23.1% | 79.7% |
| CURTIS FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY DUNEDIN | 538 | 19.9% | 86.9% |
| CITRUS GROVE ELEMENTARY PALM CITY | 596 | 24.5% | 79.6% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 696 | 22.1% | 89.2% |
| BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM CITY | 594 | 22.4% | 76.0% |
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 LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.7% | #281 of 2,136 | #16 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #299 of 2,149 ▼ 45 | #14 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #330 of 2,149 ▼ 39 | #14 of 66 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 578 | #1,105 of 2,267 | #30 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #271 of 2,077 | #27 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.0% | #1,619 of 2,108 | #52 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #1,952 of 2,188 | #57 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #1,132 of 1,374 | #35 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
578
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 578 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 23% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 43.8 | 13.8:1 | 24% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 43.8 | 14.4:1 | 24% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 613 | 44 | 13.9:1 | 21% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 25% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 12% (92) |
| 2000-01 | 1,029 | 52 | 19.8:1 | 10% (108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MELBOURNE, Florida, is home to LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 578 students.
BREVARD enrolls 73,587 students in 109 schools, including LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About 75% of the student body at LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Brevard County residents are about 73% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.8:1 is based on 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. In all, 23% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 42% average among public schools in Brevard County.
In Florida, LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 75.7% actual against a predicted 69.6%.
Brevard County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,476 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Brevard County with 112 other public schools.
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 578, starting from 568.
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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 MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,398 students
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 948 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
Other Longleaf Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Longleaf Elementary. LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 601 students
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 545 students
- Longleaf ElementaryHattiesburg, MS · 787 students
Nearby schools
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 493
- SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 585
- SOUTH AREA ALTERNATIVE LEARNING CENTER2.5 mi · 68
- LYNDON B. JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 580
- DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 542
- SABAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 578 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
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