Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015004313
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL
7145 BABCOCK ST NE, PALM BAY, FL 32909 · (321) 723-0650 · Brevard County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
184 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 5% smaller than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
52.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
51.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 51.9% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 55.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 →
Schools most like ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 339 | 54.3% | 51.1% |
| PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 354 | 53.7% | 58.3% |
| OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAWTHORNE | 388 | 53.6% | 38.2% |
| WHITEHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 380 | 52.1% | 62.9% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARTS JACKSONVILLE | 411 | 50.4% | 61.5% |
| IMAGINE CHARTER AT LAKEWOOD RANCH BRADENTON | 456 | 54.2% | 47.3% |
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 ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #1,282 of 2,136 | #44 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,463 of 2,149 ▼ 313 | #43 of 66 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,193 of 2,149 ▼ 322 | #45 of 66 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 339 | #1,913 of 2,267 | #62 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,392 of 2,077 | #63 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #604 of 2,108 | #28 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #1,123 of 2,188 | #28 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #571 of 621 | #15 of 15 |
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
339
+19 (+6%) vs 2020
+1069% since 2000-01, when it was 29
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 339 | 20.1 | 16.9:1 | 54% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 342 | 23.9 | 14.3:1 | 52% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 332 | 23.6 | 14.1:1 | 64% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 60% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 53% (176) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 56% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 34% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 29 | N/A | N/A | 14% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL.
About ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL
This page covers ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL, a small elementary school in PALM BAY, Florida. The school serves 339 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
The 109 schools in BREVARD enroll 73,587 students altogether, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL among them.
By race and ethnicity, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is 52% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 10% multiracial. In Brevard County overall, about 73% of residents are White. By the diversity index, ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL comes in at 64%.
Federal staffing data show 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL and a ratio of 16.9:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 54% of enrollment. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Brevard County is 12 points.
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.0% for ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL. The school posts 51.1%, 2.8 points below the prediction.
Among Brevard County residents, median household income is about $78,476, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 113 public schools in Brevard County, which together enroll about 73,587 students.
The closest public school to ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 50.9% proficiency; ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL posts 51.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe. ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is a publicly funded charter school.
The number of students grew from 320 to 339 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 14.6:1 to 16.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
Nearby schools
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 576
- ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY1.4 mi · 462
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,917
- PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 628
- JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 600
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 997
Frequently asked questions
About ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL?
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 339 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL.
How diverse is ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL?
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL reports a student body of 52% White, 23% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Two or more.
What district is ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL in?
ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
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