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STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in MARATHON, Florida, STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school, operated by MONROE. It caters to 602 students across grades pre-K through 5.
MONROE comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 8,928 students; STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 33% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.7%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) reports that median household income runs about $87,738, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students).
The closest other public school is MARATHON SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 63.0%.
STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STANLEY SWITLIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 3%, going from 584 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.
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Monroe County at a glance
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