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How has RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
778
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177003019
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5600 NE SAINT JAMES DR, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34983 · (772) 785-5600 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL778 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
19.0:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
523 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
57.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
62.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.6% | 62.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.5% | 68.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 778 | 67.2% | 64.2% |
| LEGACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 753 | 71.0% | 32.8% |
| GREENWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 720 | 68.5% | 45.1% |
| DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 679 | 67.2% | 42.5% |
| SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY WINTER HAVEN | 689 | 68.8% | 46.0% |
| SOUTH OCALA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 712 | 68.5% | 42.0% |
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 RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #678 of 2,136 | #5 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #989 of 2,149 ▼ 377 | #9 of 31 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #948 of 2,149 ▼ 83 | #8 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 778 | #523 of 2,267 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,837 of 2,077 | #27 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #158 of 2,108 | #5 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.2% | #578 of 2,188 | #10 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #230 of 621 | #10 of 22 |
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
778
+159 (+26%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 810
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 778 | 41 | 19.0:1 | 67% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 64% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 42 | 16.6:1 | 73% (510) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 65% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 68% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 70% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 62% (465) |
| 2000-01 | 810 | 50 | 16.2:1 | 67% (541) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. In all, 778 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 29% above the average for elementary schools in Florida.
ST. LUCIE operates 53 schools. Combined enrollment is 49,308 students.
About 33% of students at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 30% White, 29% Black, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 22%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 41 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.0:1. The school's 19.0:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Roughly 67% of students at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 57% average for public schools in St. Lucie County.
On the allk12 Grade, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 81% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than predicted by 16.7 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.2%; the prediction is 47.5%.
For St. Lucie County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,457 a year, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in St. Lucie County number 57, with about 50,809 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment figures show a gain of 159 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.2:1 in 2020-21, and 19.0:1 in 2024-25.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Other Rivers Edge Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rivers Edge Elementary. RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Rivers Edge ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 735 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 833
- WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 493
- PARKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 553
- DATA HOUSE1.8 mi · 3
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 3,178
- WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,639
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 778 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 30% White, 33% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.