ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL

ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL is a heavily attended elementary campus in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, overseen by ST. LUCIE. The school educates 1,662 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 175% bigger than typical.

Across the 53 schools in ST. LUCIE (49,308 students total), ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 33% Black, 23% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL has 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 53.7%, a residual of +3.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for St. Lucie County put the typical household earns roughly $71,457 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL is one.

ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH 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, ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL has expanded 24%, going from 1,340 students in 2018 to 1,662 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 39% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.