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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015008230
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY
1350 WYOMING DR SE, PALM BAY, FL 32909 · (321) 345-4117 · Brevard County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest 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
15.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
197 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
68%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY→BREVARD COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
Based on grade levels within BREVARD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
54.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.5% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.9% | 60.7% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY this school | 462 | 42.6% | 59.5% |
| SEASIDE CHARTER NORTH CAMPUS JACKSONVILLE | 496 | 41.1% | 36.4% |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 468 | 46.4% | 56.0% |
| PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 431 | 39.4% | 61.8% |
| CHAIRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 466 | 43.8% | 58.5% |
| HUTCHISON BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH | 573 | 43.3% | 61.0% |
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 ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #895 of 2,136 | #32 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,347 of 2,149 ▼ 429 | #39 of 66 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #688 of 2,149 ▲ 32 | #30 of 66 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #1,568 of 2,267 | #49 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,086 of 2,077 | #56 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #338 of 2,108 | #16 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #1,508 of 2,188 | #42 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.5% | #161 of 621 | #4 of 15 |
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
462
+47 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
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 | 462 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 43% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 53% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 58% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 54% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 98% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 70% (187) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY.
About ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is a public elementary school in PALM BAY, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 462 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 24% lower.
BREVARD has 109 schools; together they serve 73,587 students.
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Black, 17% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. In Brevard County overall, about 73% of residents are White. ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY operates with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.9:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 43% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Brevard County average 42%.
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 50% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY would score about 59.8%. It scores 59.5%, within a point of that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Brevard County show that the median household income is $78,476, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is one of 113 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size. ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
2024-25 enrollment was 462, an 11% increase from 415 in 2020-21.
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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 PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
Nearby schools
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 576
- ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL1.4 mi · 339
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,917
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 984
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 2,122
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 907
Frequently asked questions
About ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY?
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY serve?
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY?
Student demographics at ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY are roughly 46% White, 17% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY in?
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.