ST. PETER'S ACADEMY

As a micro-enrollment elementary school in VERO BEACH, Florida, ST. PETER'S ACADEMY serves 120 students from grades K through 6, run under INDIAN RIVER. That puts it 80% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

INDIAN RIVER comprises 28 schools with combined enrollment of 16,621 students; ST. PETER'S ACADEMY is among them.

On the student-mix side, ST. PETER'S ACADEMY reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 43% Hispanic, 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Indian River County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ST. PETER'S ACADEMY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 62.9%, a residual of +31.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Indian River County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,491 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Indian River County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,621 students), of which ST. PETER'S ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ST. PETER'S ACADEMY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ST. PETER'S ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.7%.

ST. PETER'S ACADEMY operates from a bedroom-community location. ST. PETER'S ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. ST. PETER'S ACADEMY's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 132 (now 120). The White share of enrollment contracted from 13% to 5% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.