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What advice would you give to incoming students at PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015002038
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
301 PIONEER AVE NE, PALM BAY, FL 32907 · (321) 725-0070 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% 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
13.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
401 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
53.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -8.3pp since 2023
What 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.9% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 57.0% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 628 | 63.9% | 53.0% |
| OCALA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 682 | 64.4% | 51.0% |
| DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 542 | 63.3% | 34.2% |
| PEACE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 557 | 63.2% | 38.6% |
| SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARY LIVE OAK | 615 | 64.2% | 61.1% |
| CITRUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 630 | 64.9% | 60.0% |
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 PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,178 of 2,136 | #41 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,621 of 2,149 ▼ 552 | #49 of 66 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #1,111 of 2,149 ▼ 34 | #40 of 66 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #935 of 2,267 | #19 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #276 of 2,077 | #28 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.1% | #273 of 2,108 | #13 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.9% | #746 of 2,188 | #17 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #750 of 1,374 | #25 of 46 |
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
628
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 1,005
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 628 | 45.6 | 13.8:1 | 64% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 605 | 45.6 | 13.3:1 | 69% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 47.6 | 13.4:1 | 68% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 59% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 66% (483) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 72% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 61% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 900 | 49 | 18.4:1 | 41% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 1,005 | 55 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in PALM BAY, Florida. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 628 students on the rolls.
Enrollment across the 109 schools in BREVARD totals 73,587 students.
White students account for 45% of enrollment at PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Brevard County, the White share is about 73%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 69%.
The school had 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 3.7 students per teacher. The school reported 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Among public schools in Brevard County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Florida public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 49.2% and the result is 53.0%.
The school is in Brevard County, where median household income comes to about $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Brevard County counts 113 public schools with about 73,587 students.
A public school about 2.2 miles away, PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL, is the closest to PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 48.0% proficiency; PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 53.0%.
NCES assigns PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 628 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 649.
The PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL2.2 mi · 370
- RIVIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 718
- PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 583
- ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 339
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 997
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMY AT LOCKMAR2.7 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 628 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 45% White, 23% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BREVARD in Brevard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.