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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,056
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177002536
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
700 SW DARWIN BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34953 · (772) 336-6950 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,056 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.8:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
654 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 | 67 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 162 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 176 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 185 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 166 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (166).
Student demographics
70%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
50.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 58.1% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% 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 WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
| LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEESBURG | 843 | 61.0% | 34.0% |
| HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL KEY WEST | 1,011 | 60.8% | 39.4% |
| LAKE ALFRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE ALFRED | 1,059 | 65.0% | 48.0% |
| BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 879 | 67.7% | 54.3% |
| ALLEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 926 | 61.1% | 39.5% |
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 WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #1,126 of 2,136 | #14 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #1,064 of 2,149 ▼ 48 | #13 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,260 of 2,149 ▲ 130 | #17 of 31 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,056 | #168 of 2,267 | #11 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #1,358 of 2,077 | #11 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #205 of 2,108 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #830 of 2,188 | #14 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.2% | #203 of 621 | #7 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
1,056
+241 (+30%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 840
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,056 | 63 | 16.8:1 | 62% (654) |
| 2023-24 | 1,058 | 59 | 17.9:1 | 62% (655) |
| 2022-23 | 1,006 | 58.6 | 17.2:1 | 68% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 815 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 65% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 55 | 16.1:1 | 73% (650) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 51 | 15.3:1 | 76% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 880 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 60% (529) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 34 | 21.1:1 | 55% (396) |
| 1990-91 | 840 | 40 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida. In all, 1,056 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 75% bigger than the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
ST. LUCIE counts 49,308 students in its 53 schools, and WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
No group is above 50% at WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is Black, at 36%. The school is also 35% Hispanic, 22% White, and 6% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 22%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 70%.
On staff are 63 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 62%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.2%; the prediction is 50.1%.
In the surrounding county, St. Lucie County, median household income comes to about $71,457, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 57 public schools and about 50,809 students.
TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,056, compared with 815 in 2020-21.
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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
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 3,124
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ST. LUCIE2.2 mi · 687
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,727
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 879
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,662
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH3.7 mi · 2,914
Frequently asked questions
About WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,056 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.8:1 (63 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 22% White, 35% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ST. LUCIE.
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