PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a moderately sized elementary campus in PALM BAY, Florida, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 583 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within BREVARD.

BREVARD runs 109 schools in total, collectively educating 73,587 students. PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 34% Black, 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the resource side, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Brevard County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.1%; this one delivers 44.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Brevard County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,476 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 8%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 583 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 46% to 36% over that span.

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