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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177001922
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
905 W 2ND ST, FORT PIERCE, FL 34982 · (772) 468-5840 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C+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
16.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
332 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
62%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
43.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 54.2% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 493 | 67.3% | 47.4% |
| IPPOLITO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 492 | 66.9% | 30.7% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY THE DR. BERNARD KIMMEL CAMPUS LAKE WORTH | 515 | 66.4% | 41.3% |
| POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEY WEST | 556 | 66.4% | 51.8% |
| BENOIST FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 430 | 65.8% | 33.8% |
| LAURA C. SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 498 | 66.7% | 35.2% |
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 WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,469 of 2,136 | #25 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,239 of 2,149 ▼ 54 | #19 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,638 of 2,149 ▲ 184 | #25 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #1,451 of 2,267 | #29 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,245 of 2,077 | #9 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #734 of 2,108 | #27 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #574 of 2,188 | #9 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #933 of 1,374 | #4 of 6 |
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
493
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 493 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 67% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 84% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 88% (403) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 85% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 85% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 84% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 36 | 13.6:1 | 89% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 627 | 32 | 19.6:1 | 71% (445) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 24 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In FORT PIERCE, Florida, WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its 493 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to ST. LUCIE, which has 53 schools and 49,308 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The largest is Hispanic students, at 44%. The remaining students are 41% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show St. Lucie County is about 22% Hispanic. WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 62%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 16.4 students per teacher and 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 67%. The rate at public schools in St. Lucie County averages 57%, lower than here.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 47.4%. WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 47.4%, within a point of that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for St. Lucie County show that the median household income is $71,457, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in the county.
Nearby, RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.2 miles away. Within five miles of WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 493 students in 2024-25, 24 fewer than the 517 it had in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Other White City Elementary schools
One other US public school is named White City Elementary. WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- White City ElemWhite City, KS · 140 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERS EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 778
- SOUTHERN OAKS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 833
- WEATHERBEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 726
- ST. LUCIE DETENTION CENTER1.6 mi · 56
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 3,178
- DATA HOUSE2.1 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
Is WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 11% White, 44% Hispanic, 41% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WHITE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WHITE CITY 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.