PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL

Located at 100 LAKE RD, in TAVERNIER, Florida, PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary campus that works with 578 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within MONROE.

Across the 22 schools in MONROE (8,928 students total), PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Monroe County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.3%.

Around the school, census data for Monroe County shows the typical household earns roughly $87,738 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students).

Nearest neighbor: UPPER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 578 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PLANTATION KEY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.