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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177002673
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7000 NW SELVITZ RD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34983 · (772) 340-4800 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% 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.
- B+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
17.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
338 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
67%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
55.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 53.8% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 553 | 61.1% | 56.7% |
| FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 633 | 63.3% | 41.9% |
| POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEY WEST | 556 | 66.4% | 51.8% |
| OAKCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 527 | 56.7% | 31.0% |
| BEVERLY SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEESBURG | 596 | 62.6% | 39.6% |
| TIMUCUAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 512 | 64.1% | 36.6% |
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 PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #1,017 of 2,136 | #10 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #912 of 2,149 ▲ 290 | #7 of 31 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,037 of 2,149 ▲ 206 | #11 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #1,209 of 2,267 | #25 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,656 of 2,077 | #20 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #431 of 2,108 | #22 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #866 of 2,188 | #16 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #349 of 621 | #14 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
553
+78 (+16%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 553 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 61% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 28 | 19.5:1 | 73% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 80% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 78% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 73% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 82% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 61 | 9.3:1 | 72% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 77% (473) |
| 1990-91 | 743 | 33 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 553 students.
ST. LUCIE counts 49,308 students in its 53 schools, and PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 42%. The remaining students are 35% Hispanic, 17% White, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in St. Lucie County, the Black share is about 22%. PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. About 61% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.5%. PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 56.7%.
In St. Lucie County (population about 360,500), the median household income is $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 7 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 78 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.0 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 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
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Other Parkway Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 15 states are named Parkway Elementary. PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 21.
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 178 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolEvans, GA · 795 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLeesville, LA · 675 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolLONGVIEW, TX · 674 students
- Parkway Elementary SchoolMONAHANS, TX · 646 students
Nearby schools
- WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,639
- SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 833
- RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 778
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE1.9 mi · 1,413
- SOMERSET COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.9 mi · 1,463
- SOMERSET CAREER ACADEMY1.9 mi · 40
Frequently asked questions
About PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 553 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 17% White, 35% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PARKWAY ELEMENTARY 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.