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How has UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000106
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 W UNIVERSITY BLVD, MELBOURNE, FL 32901 · (321) 723-2566 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
404 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 | 93 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
68%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
34.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 32.1% |
% 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
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 529 | 76.4% | 31.8% |
| WEST PENSACOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 485 | 78.1% | 44.2% |
| SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 492 | 72.0% | 44.6% |
| CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 495 | 74.7% | 26.7% |
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 583 | 71.9% | 44.6% |
| SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 452 | 74.3% | 42.5% |
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 UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #2,041 of 2,136 | #65 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,910 of 2,149 ▲ 124 | #60 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #1,957 of 2,149 ▼ 69 | #65 of 66 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #1,302 of 2,267 | #36 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #565 of 2,077 | #43 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.8% | #366 of 2,108 | #17 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #245 of 2,188 | #3 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #500 of 621 | #13 of 15 |
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
529
+97 (+22%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 76% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 38.5 | 12.7:1 | 77% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 76% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 74% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 82% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 87% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 44 | 11.8:1 | 82% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 72% (418) |
| 1990-91 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school in MELBOURNE, Florida. Enrolled students number 529 students, in pre-K through 6.
The district, BREVARD, operates 109 schools serving 73,587 students.
Black students are the largest group at UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 40% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 37% White, 12% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Brevard County's residents are about 10% Black, 30 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
At UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 36 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Brevard County is 34 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.8%, compared with a predicted 42.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Brevard County residents, median household income is about $78,476, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 113 public schools in Brevard County, with a combined enrollment of about 73,587.
The shortest distance from UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 432 students in 2020-21 and 529 in 2024-25, a 22% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other University Park Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named University Park Elementary. UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- University Park ElementaryHyattsville, MD · 538 students
- University Park ElementaryIrvine, CA · 509 students
- University Park ElementarySalinas, CA · 488 students
- University Park Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 463 students
- University Park Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 413 students
Nearby schools
- PALM BAY MAGNET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,359
- STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 557
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,210
- IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT WEST MELBOURNE2.0 mi · 665
- CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,059
- RIVERSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-06.
Is UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 37% White, 12% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.