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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000091
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
900 JORDAN BLASS DR, MELBOURNE, FL 32940 · (321) 242-6480 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
136 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
47%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
74.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
80.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 2 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 | 74.4% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 84.4% |
% 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
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 585 | 23.2% | 78.7% |
| TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 540 | 25.0% | 78.1% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 687 | 20.8% | 79.7% |
| LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 578 | 23.2% | 75.7% |
| CYPRESS WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 676 | 23.1% | 79.7% |
| PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 703 | 18.6% | 76.5% |
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 SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #202 of 2,136 | #12 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #258 of 2,149 ▼ 131 | #11 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #297 of 2,149 ▼ 101 | #13 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #1,082 of 2,267 | #28 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #631 of 2,077 | #44 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.1% | #1,474 of 2,108 | #48 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #1,949 of 2,188 | #56 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #714 of 1,374 | #24 of 46 |
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
585
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-43% since 2000-01, when it was 1,022
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 585 | 39.4 | 14.9:1 | 23% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 39.5 | 15.2:1 | 24% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 39.5 | 15.2:1 | 23% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 25% (149) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 47 | 14.6:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 23% (149) |
| 2010-11 | 679 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 1,022 | 48 | 21.3:1 | 6% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in MELBOURNE, Florida, SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD. There are 585 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6.
BREVARD has 109 schools; together they serve 73,587 students.
The student body at SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 71% White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Among Brevard County residents, the White share is about 73%. A diversity index of 47% means there is a 47% chance two randomly chosen students at SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 23% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Brevard County is 42%.
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.7% is 9.2 points above the 69.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Brevard County, the median household earns about $78,476 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Brevard County with 112 other public schools.
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is DEVEREUX HOSPITAL, about 2.2 miles away. Within five miles of SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 594 students in 2020-21 and 585 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- EAU GALLIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,398 students
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,359 students
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 948 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 687 students
- ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 619 students
Nearby schools
- DEVEREUX HOSPITAL2.2 mi · 66
- LONGLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 578
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 687
- SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 493
- PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST3.4 mi · 649
- VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 885
Frequently asked questions
About SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 71% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SUNTREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.