RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE

Located at 300 NW CASHMERE BLVD, in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE is a large elementary campus that instructs 1,413 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of ST. LUCIE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE sits 134% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 53 schools in ST. LUCIE (49,308 students total), RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE reports that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 35% Hispanic, 21% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE records 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 56% of students at RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 52.2%.

Zooming out to the county, St. Lucie County reports that median household income runs about $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE is one.

SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.1%.

RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE operates from an inner-city location. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,193 (now 1,413). The White share of enrollment decreased from 33% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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