ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL

ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in PALM BAY, Florida, operated by BREVARD, with 339 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 44% leaner than typical.

Within BREVARD, which oversees 109 schools and 73,587 students, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Brevard County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of -2.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Brevard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $78,476 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 113 public schools in Brevard County (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students).

COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting. ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 335 (now 339). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 14% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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