SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in FORT PIERCE, Florida, run under ST. LUCIE, with 786 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES sits 30% above that benchmark.

ST. LUCIE comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 49,308 students; SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES is among them.

On the student-mix side, SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 36% Black, 12% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.1%.

Around the school, census data for St. Lucie County shows 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. SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES is one of 57 public schools in St. Lucie County (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students).

Nearest neighbor: MOSAIC DIGITAL ACADEMY K-12, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 52.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 40%: 1,310 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 36% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.