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Enrollment
730
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTIN·NCES 120129001287
PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3260 SE LIONEL TER, STUART, FL 34997 · (772) 219-1610 · Martin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL730 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
446 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 8 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
39.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 39.2% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 46.9% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 730 | 61.1% | 42.8% |
| ORANGE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 796 | 58.9% | 41.1% |
| WOODBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 602 | 62.8% | 35.5% |
| BAY CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 572 | 62.4% | 32.1% |
| JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 826 | 57.9% | 55.7% |
| MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) MIAMI | 586 | 62.3% | 62.0% |
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 SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Martin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,689 of 2,136 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,531 of 2,149 ▲ 13 | #8 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,806 of 2,149 ▼ 110 | #10 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 730 | #624 of 2,267 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,296 of 2,077 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #1,880 of 2,108 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #868 of 2,188 | #5 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #995 of 1,374 | #9 of 9 |
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
730
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 777
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 730 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 61% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 66% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 74% (525) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 46 | 15.9:1 | 96% (700) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 95% (762) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 54 | 15.1:1 | 74% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 79% (572) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 83% (486) |
| 1990-91 | 777 | 50 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 3260 SE LIONEL TER in STUART, Florida, PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 730 students. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 21% bigger than average.
MARTIN is responsible for 32 schools, PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 18,316 students in all.
The share of students at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are Hispanic is 84%. Other groups make up 10% White and 4% Black. County-wide, 16% of Martin County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
For every teacher at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 16.6 students; the school has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 61%. The average for public schools in Martin County is 43%.
On BeatsExpectations, PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
The school's county is Martin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $82,943, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 37 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,316, PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS, is about 0.5 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 5th out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 731; in 2024-25, 730.
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Martin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,176
Census ACS
Median income
$82,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,316 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARTIN
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,722 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- HIDDEN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 920 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
Other schools in STUART
- MARTIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,055 students
- SOUTH FORK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,775 students
- TREASURE COAST CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,082 students
- DR. DAVID L. ANDERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
- STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 777 students
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 658 students
Nearby schools
- PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS0.5 mi · 9
- PK EARLY INTERVENTION0.5 mi · 262
- CLARK ADVANCED LEARNING CENTER1.0 mi · 288
- MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 564
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 658
- WILLOUGHBY LEARNING CENTER1.5 mi · 42
Frequently asked questions
About PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 730 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 84% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARTIN.
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