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Enrollment
726
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177003121
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
800 E WEATHERBEE RD, FORT PIERCE, FL 34982 · (772) 468-5300 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL726 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 7% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest 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
19.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
456 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
63%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
34.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
42.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 42.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 41.1% |
% 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 726 | 62.8% | 36.6% |
| ENDEAVOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCOA | 732 | 65.7% | 24.8% |
| FREEDOM SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 694 | 61.0% | 48.0% |
| THOMPSON ELEMENTARY RUSKIN | 789 | 64.9% | 35.7% |
| COLONIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 661 | 66.7% | 30.4% |
| WYNNEBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 629 | 64.5% | 62.2% |
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 WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #1,928 of 2,136 | #31 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #1,850 of 2,149 ▼ 70 | #30 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #1,950 of 2,149 ▲ 82 | #30 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 726 | #639 of 2,267 | #17 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #1,866 of 2,077 | #29 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #679 of 2,108 | #26 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #800 of 2,188 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #468 of 621 | #20 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
726
+52 (+8%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 726 | 37.8 | 19.2:1 | 63% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 40 | 18.2:1 | 80% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 42 | 16.0:1 | 90% (607) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 85% (573) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 85% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 85% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 552 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 84% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 46 | 16.9:1 | 72% (558) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in FORT PIERCE, Florida, and it is part of ST. LUCIE. It teaches 726 students in pre-K through 5. That is 20% bigger than the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
The ST. LUCIE system has 53 schools and 49,308 students.
The student body at WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 49%. Other groups make up 33% Black, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Roughly 63% of students at WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public elementary schools, WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 36.6% actual against 49.7% predicted.
The county, St. Lucie County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. St. Lucie County has 57 public schools with about 50,809 students, including WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.4 miles from WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 48.6%, higher than WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 36.6%.
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 674 to 726, an 8% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.2:1.
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 FORT PIERCE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- LINCOLN PARK ACADEMYHigh · 1,667 students
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 855 students
- SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIESElementary · 786 students
- LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
Nearby schools
- WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 493
- ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER1.6 mi · 56
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 3,178
- RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 778
- FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 855
- SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 833
Frequently asked questions
About WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 726 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 14% White, 49% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ST. LUCIE in St. Lucie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.