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MEADOW PARK 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 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida, MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school, run under CHARLOTTE. It hosts 708 students across grades pre-K through 5.
CHARLOTTE comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 16,997 students; MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Charlotte County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Charlotte County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 57.1%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Charlotte County put median household earnings sit near $69,952, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Charlotte County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,997 students), MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CHARLOTTE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.0%.
MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 702 (now 708). Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.
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