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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
687
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015003978
QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8751 TRAFFORD DR, MELBOURNE, FL 32940 · (321) 242-1411 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
143 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
77.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
84.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
79.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
687
-313 (-31%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 16.4:1
% White
71%
was 69%
% Hispanic
12%
was 14%
% Black
3%
was 4%
% Asian
5%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school in MELBOURNE, Florida, overseen by BREVARD. The school teaches 687 students in grades pre-K through 6.
BREVARD comprises 109 schools with combined enrollment of 73,587 students; QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 3% Black. Compared to Brevard County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Brevard County's rate of about 42%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.8%, the actual is 79.7%, a residual of +8.9 points.
Across the wider county, Brevard County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,476 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Brevard County runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students), of which QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 75.2%.
QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 31%, going from 1,000 students in 2018 to 687 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,398 students
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 948 students
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
- SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST0.7 mi · 649
- VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 885
- DEVEREUX HOSPITAL1.4 mi · 66
- PRE-K ESE SERVICES2.0 mi · 138
- VIERA CHARTER SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,532
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,334
Frequently asked questions
About QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 687 students in grades PK-06.
Is QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BREVARD.
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