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Enrollment
624
Elementary
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE·NCES 120024002724
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12650 WILLMINGTON BLVD, PORT CHARLOTTE, FL 33981 · (941) 624-4338 · Charlotte County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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
15.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
300 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 27 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
60.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.7pp since 2023
Math
61.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 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 are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 61.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 51.9% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 624 | 48.1% | 55.4% |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INVERNESS | 637 | 48.2% | 59.8% |
| INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL INVERNESS | 641 | 49.3% | 55.5% |
| ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGLEWOOD | 564 | 45.9% | 70.9% |
| BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELL | 656 | 51.4% | 62.4% |
| ATLANTIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 650 | 44.2% | 66.0% |
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 MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Charlotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,077 of 2,136 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.6% | #1,029 of 2,149 ▲ 272 | #7 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #800 of 2,149 ▲ 263 | #4 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #947 of 2,267 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #782 of 2,077 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #1,709 of 2,108 | #9 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.1% | #1,353 of 2,188 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #228 of 621 | #2 of 6 |
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
624
+132 (+27%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 624 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 48% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 58% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 34 | 17.9:1 | 51% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 53% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 51% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 67% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 63% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 759 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 51% (388) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 31 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in PORT CHARLOTTE, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 624 students covers pre-K through 5.
The district, CHARLOTTE, has 16,997 students enrolled across 24 schools.
White students are the majority at MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 78% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 41 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.2:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Roughly 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 1.7 points below predicted: 55.4% against 57.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Charlotte County show that the median household income is $69,952, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 25 public schools in Charlotte County, enrolling about 16,997 students in all.
VINELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.5 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 624, a 27% gain from 492 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about school safety, transportation, and start times at MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, you can post them here. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Charlotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
201,064
Census ACS
Median income
$69,952
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
16,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHARLOTTE
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,872 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,730 students
- LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,343 students
- PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,098 students
- BABCOCK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLCombined · 1,053 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
Other schools in PORT CHARLOTTE
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,730 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 764 students
- NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 763 students
- MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 708 students
- MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 656 students
Nearby schools
- VINELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 494
- L. A. AINGER MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 625
- LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL6.1 mi · 1,343
- SKY ACADEMY ENGLEWOOD6.2 mi · 327
- MURDOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL6.2 mi · 656
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 1,730
Frequently asked questions
About MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 624 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.2:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHARLOTTE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.