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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000084
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2582 US HIGHWAY 1, MIMS, FL 32754 · (321) 264-3020 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
268 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 69% larger than its 6th grade class (39).
Student demographics
62%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
52.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 36.7% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 393 | 68.2% | 43.9% |
| ANTHONY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANTHONY | 351 | 70.1% | 47.9% |
| OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 473 | 68.5% | 44.8% |
| SPARR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANTHONY | 435 | 64.4% | 44.5% |
| MERRIAM CHERRY STREET ELEMENTARY PANAMA CITY | 343 | 64.1% | 45.4% |
| COQUINA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 466 | 70.2% | 51.8% |
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 MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,643 of 2,136 | #52 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,789 of 2,149 ▲ 141 | #52 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,169 of 2,149 ▲ 168 | #43 of 66 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #1,785 of 2,267 | #58 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #46 of 2,077 | #6 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #770 of 2,108 | #35 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #529 of 2,188 | #12 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #386 of 1,374 | #14 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
393
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 393 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 68% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 74% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 37 | 12.5:1 | 80% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 75% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 82% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 78% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 60% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 46% (294) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in MIMS, Florida, one of the schools in BREVARD. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 393 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
District-wide, BREVARD has 109 schools and 73,587 students.
White students account for 52% of enrollment at MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining students are 31% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Brevard County is about 73% White. By the diversity index, MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 62%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 11.9:1, with 33 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 68%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Brevard County is 42%.
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (43.9% versus 47.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Across Brevard County, median household income is about $78,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 113 public schools in Brevard County.
JAMES MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Small.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (389) to 2024-25 (393). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.0:1 to 11.9:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mims Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mims Elementary. MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mims Elementary SchoolMISSION, TX · 673 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES MADISON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 447
- OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 473
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 500
- ASTRONAUT HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,056
- SOUTH LAKE ELEMENTARY3.7 mi · 469
- TITUSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 1,275
Frequently asked questions
About MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 8% Hispanic, 31% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BREVARD in Brevard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.