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Enrollment
1,727
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177003943
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL
1251 SW CALIFORNIA BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34953 · (772) 344-4490 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,727 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- ·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
19.0:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
1,146 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 5 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 142 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 143 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 169 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 262 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 264 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 53% smaller than its 8th grade class (289).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
46.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
50.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 50.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 44.2% |
% 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
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL this school | 1,727 | 66.4% | 45.4% |
| ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,662 | 61.4% | 53.7% |
| MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 PORT ST LUCIE | 1,700 | 58.9% | 52.5% |
| NORTHPORT K-8 SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,206 | 71.7% | 46.8% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,402 | 65.7% | 37.7% |
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
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 OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,558 of 2,136 | #29 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #1,558 of 2,149 ▲ 105 | #27 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,451 of 2,149 ▲ 74 | #22 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,727 | #14 of 2,267 | #1 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,838 of 2,077 | #28 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #232 of 2,108 | #14 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #624 of 2,188 | #11 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.7% | #212 of 621 | #8 of 22 |
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
1,727
+247 (+17%) vs 2020
+19% since 2010-11, when it was 1,451
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 1,727 | 91 | 19.0:1 | 66% (1,146) |
| 2023-24 | 1,704 | 86 | 19.8:1 | 64% (1,095) |
| 2022-23 | 1,633 | 83.3 | 19.6:1 | 70% (1,142) |
| 2020-21 | 1,480 | 88 | 16.8:1 | 62% (915) |
| 2017-18 | 1,455 | 89 | 16.4:1 | 62% (899) |
| 2015-16 | 1,451 | 93 | 15.6:1 | 67% (965) |
| 2010-11 | 1,451 | 95 | 15.3:1 | 54% (777) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL.
About OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL
In PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, part of St. Lucie County, OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL is an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 1,727 students enrolled. That is 186% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
ST. LUCIE has 53 schools; together they serve 49,308 students.
About 37% of students at OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Black, 20% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 1.5 students per teacher. At OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in St. Lucie County is 57%.
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 27% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL's results are 2.5 points below predicted: 45.4% against 47.9%.
St. Lucie County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $71,457, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. St. Lucie County's 57 public schools enroll about 50,809 students and include OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL.
The closest school to OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL is ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL, located about 1.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 247 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.8 to 19.0 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
- WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,639 students
Nearby schools
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,662
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH1.4 mi · 2,914
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-81.6 mi · 1,700
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 879
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY2.3 mi · 527
- WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,056
Frequently asked questions
About OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLHow large is OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL?
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,727 students in grades PK-08.
Is OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL have?
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the student diversity at OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL?
Student demographics at OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 37% Hispanic, 34% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL public or private?
OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.