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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000108
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1200 ALAMANDA RD NE, PALM BAY, FL 32905 · (321) 723-1055 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
419 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 83 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 59 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (59).
Student demographics
70%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
48.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 14 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.9% | 41.5% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 583 | 71.9% | 44.6% |
| JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 600 | 72.2% | 39.1% |
| PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 510 | 70.6% | 43.6% |
| SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 619 | 73.5% | 39.0% |
| CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 495 | 74.7% | 26.7% |
| SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 492 | 72.0% | 44.6% |
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 PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,609 of 2,136 | #51 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,310 of 2,149 ▲ 453 | #38 of 66 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,356 of 2,149 ▲ 190 | #48 of 66 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #1,090 of 2,267 | #29 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #175 of 2,077 | #17 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #182 of 2,108 | #10 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #385 of 2,188 | #6 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #1,048 of 1,374 | #33 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
583
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 583 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 72% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 73% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 74% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 70% (402) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 82% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 61 | 13.3:1 | 86% (696) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 62 | 12.9:1 | 79% (637) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 47 | 14.7:1 | 76% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 808 | 50 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in PALM BAY, Florida, one of the schools in BREVARD. The student body numbers 583 students, from pre-K through 6.
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 109 schools run by BREVARD, which serves 73,587 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is White students, at 36%. The remaining students are 34% Black, 20% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Brevard County is about 73% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1 at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 13.3:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 72% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Brevard County report 42%.
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.6% and a predicted 45.1%.
Across Brevard County, the median household income is $78,476, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Brevard County has 113 public schools and roughly 73,587 students.
The nearest other public school, PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 1.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 572; in 2024-25, 583.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Palm Bay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Palm Bay Elementary. PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPANAMA CITY, FL · 321 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 370
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,359
- PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 628
- STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 557
- GEMINI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 410
- RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 718
Frequently asked questions
About PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-06.
Is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (44 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 36% White, 20% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.