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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177002537
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL
1700 SE LENNARD RD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34952 · (772) 337-6750 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
431 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
49.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 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 are up 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 | 49.6% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 42.9% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL this school | 586 | 73.5% | 47.1% |
| ROSABELLE W. BLAKE ACADEMY LAKELAND | 562 | 74.9% | 38.6% |
| SATURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 619 | 73.5% | 39.0% |
| ELBERT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 549 | 72.9% | 39.4% |
| JOHN F. TURNER SENIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 600 | 72.2% | 39.1% |
| GARDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 652 | 74.4% | 48.9% |
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 VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,483 of 2,136 | #26 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,921 of 2,149 ▼ 203 | #31 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,324 of 2,149 ▼ 42 | #20 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #1,081 of 2,267 | #24 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,637 of 2,077 | #18 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #163 of 2,108 | #7 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #322 of 2,188 | #2 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #374 of 621 | #15 of 22 |
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
586
+94 (+19%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 586 | 33 | 17.8:1 | 74% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 75% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 78% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 68% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 70% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 73% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 63% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 827 | 34 | 24.3:1 | 41% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 37 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL.
About VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. The school's 586 students are in pre-K through 5.
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is run by ST. LUCIE, whose 53 schools enroll 49,308 students.
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 35%. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 25% White, and 7% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.8:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%. The 57% average for public schools in St. Lucie County is 17 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is 2.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In the county around the school, St. Lucie County, median household income is about $71,457, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 57 public schools operate in St. Lucie County, serving about 50,809 students.
The shortest distance from VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.1 miles, to PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL as City: Mid-size.
The student count in 2024-25 was 586, 19% above the 492 of 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 16.4:1 to 17.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Nearby schools
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,793
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 653
- MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 792
- SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 872
- FLORESTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 659
- ACCELERATION ACADEMY3.5 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOLHow many students attend VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL?
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL enrolls approximately 586 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL serve?
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL.
How diverse is VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL?
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL reports a student body of 25% White, 31% Hispanic, 35% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL public or private?
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ST. LUCIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.