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What's one thing POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
556
Elementary
DISTRICT 486 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE·NCES 120132001299
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1407 KENNEDY DR, KEY WEST, FL 33040 · (305) 293-1630 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL556 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 38.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
369 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 73 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
46.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
59.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 59.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 56.1% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 556 | 66.4% | 51.8% |
| IPPOLITO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 492 | 66.9% | 30.7% |
| LAKEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 645 | 68.1% | 48.4% |
| WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 493 | 67.3% | 47.4% |
| PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 553 | 61.1% | 56.7% |
| FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 633 | 63.3% | 41.9% |
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 POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,241 of 2,136 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #1,096 of 2,149 ▲ 17 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,456 of 2,149 ▼ 242 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 556 | #1,199 of 2,267 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #233 of 2,077 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #470 of 2,108 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #622 of 2,188 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #1,095 of 1,374 | N/A |
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
556
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 556 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 66% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 65% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 65% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 47% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 71% (422) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 51% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 648 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 42% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 593 | 33 | 18.0:1 | 30% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 26 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in KEY WEST, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 556 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
MONROE enrolls 8,928 students, and its 22 schools include POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
No group is above 50% at POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is Black, at 41%. The rest of enrollment is 37% Hispanic, 18% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Monroe County, the Black share is about 7%. The diversity index for POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 66% at POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monroe County is 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 3.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (51.8% actual, 47.9% predicted).
The school is in Monroe County, where the median household earns about $87,738 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Monroe County, 25 public schools serve about 8,928 students.
Measured in a straight line, LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE is about 1.0 miles from POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 51.8%, higher than POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 51.8%.
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,860
Census ACS
Median income
$87,738
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
8,928 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MONROE
- KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,337 students
- HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOLElementary · 1,011 students
- MARATHON SCHOOLHigh · 809 students
- CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 753 students
- KEY LARGO SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
- GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 674 students
Other schools in KEY WEST
- KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,337 students
- HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOLElementary · 1,011 students
- GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 674 students
- SIGSBEE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 531 students
- MAY SANDS MONTESSORI SCHOOLElementary · 90 students
- SOMERSET ISLAND PREPHigh · 88 students
Other Poinciana Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Poinciana Elementary. POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 468 students
Nearby schools
- LOWER KEYS ACADEMIC CONNECTIONS FOR EXCELLENCE1.0 mi · 12
- KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,337
- SOMERSET ISLAND PREP1.0 mi · 88
- SIGSBEE CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 531
- KEYS CENTER1.4 mi · 9
- HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,011
Frequently asked questions
About POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 556 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 18% White, 37% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MONROE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.