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Enrollment
885
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015008800
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8300 STADIUM PKWY, VIERA, FL 32940 · (321) 633-1000 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL885 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
75 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 22% larger than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
51%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
84.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
86.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.5% | 86.9% |
| 2023-24 | 84.7% | 88.5% |
% 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
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 885 | 8.5% | 86.8% |
| SUNSET PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 909 | 8.5% | 80.6% |
| SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 842 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| TROUT CREEK ACADEMY ST. AUGUSTINE | 1,156 | 11.9% | 81.0% |
| FISHHAWK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 921 | 12.2% | 78.6% |
| KILLEARN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 740 | 13.8% | 78.7% |
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 VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #43 of 2,136 | #4 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #101 of 2,149 ▼ 38 | #5 of 66 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.5% | #67 of 2,149 ▼ 30 | #5 of 66 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 885 | #326 of 2,267 | #5 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #920 of 2,077 | #53 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.4% | #1,305 of 2,108 | #43 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #2,138 of 2,188 | #68 of 68 |
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
885
+501 (+130%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 885 | 57 | 15.5:1 | 8% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 784 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 10% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 29 | 13.2:1 | 21% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in VIERA, Florida, VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 885 students in pre-K through 6. The school's enrollment is 47% larger than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
Across its 109 schools, BREVARD enrolls 73,587 students. VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 67% White by enrollment. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 57 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 15.5:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 8%. On average, public schools in Brevard County report 42%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 76.9% for VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 86.8%, 9.9 points above the prediction.
Within Brevard County, the median household income is $78,476, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Brevard County has 113 public schools and roughly 73,587 students.
PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around VIERA 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.
The school counted 384 students in 2020-21 and 885 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 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 VIERA
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- VIERA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,532 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 910 students
- VIERA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 741 students
- PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COASTElementary · 649 students
- PRE-K ESE SERVICESElementary · 138 students
Nearby schools
- PINECREST ACADEMY SPACE COAST1.0 mi · 649
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 687
- DEVEREUX HOSPITAL2.4 mi · 66
- PRE-K ESE SERVICES2.6 mi · 138
- VIERA CHARTER SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,532
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 2,334
Frequently asked questions
About VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 885 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 67% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
VIERA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
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