RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 5600 NE SAINT JAMES DR, in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school that instructs 778 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by ST. LUCIE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 29% above that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 33% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 29% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above St. Lucie County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 47.5%; RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 64.2%, +16.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Lucie County) reports that median household earnings sit near $71,457, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Lucie County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 17%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 778 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 50% to 30% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.