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VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 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 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE, with 586 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
ST. LUCIE comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 49,308 students; VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 25% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against St. Lucie County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 47.1%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Lucie County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,457, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.0%.
VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 8% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 586). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 25% over that span.
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St. Lucie County at a glance
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