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PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in PALM BAY, Florida, PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school, one of the schools within BREVARD. It works with 628 students across grades pre-K through 6.
Within BREVARD, which oversees 109 schools and 73,587 students, PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Brevard County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.
Across the wider county, Brevard County reports that median household income runs about $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 113 public schools in Brevard County (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students).
PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.0%.
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 14%, going from 729 students in 2018 to 628 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 55% to 45%.
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