PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SEBASTIAN, Florida, PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a compact primary school, operated by INDIAN RIVER. It educates 354 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 41% below that benchmark.

INDIAN RIVER comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 16,621 students; PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Indian River County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.3%; this one delivers 58.3%.

In the broader community, Indian River County reports that median household income runs about $73,491, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Indian River County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students), of which PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

LIBERTY MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 68.2%.

PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 354). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 11% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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