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Bessey Creek Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2201 Sw Matheson Ave
Palm City, FL 34990
Phone
(772) 219-1500
District
MARTIN
County
MARTIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
562
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Florida

9

(10 is best)

Better than 89.8% of all FL schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Bessey Creek Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
75%
55%
68%
50%
81%
59%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
72%
59%
69%
58%
74%
61%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
54%
75%
54%
87%
55%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
15
18
18
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 0 0.0%
Kindergarten 106 18.9%
Grade 1 86 15.3%
Grade 2 105 18.7%
Grade 3 91 16.2%
Grade 4 74 13.2%
Grade 5 100 17.8%
Total 562 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 82.1% 55.7% 37.2%
Black 0.7% 6.5% 21.8%
Hispanic 14.2% 35.7% 37.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.0% 1.8% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 27.6% 47.8% 52.2%
Free lunch eligible 22.1% 42.6% 48.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.5% 5.3% 3.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 159,399 22,610,726
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 293.1 416
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.0% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.8% 16.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 23.0% 31.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 31.8% 21.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 66,724 8,550,911
Single Parent Households With Children 4.7% 8.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.4% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 35.1% 33.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.5% 18.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.5% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.8% 15.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.1% 10.8%
$15,000 or less 7.2% 8.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,227 $116,142,000 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $625 $11,658,000 5.0%
Staff $691 $12,896,000 5.5%
General Administration $122 $2,278,000 1.0%
School Administration $572 $10,673,000 4.6%
Operation $1,495 $27,882,000 11.9%
Transportation $307 $5,720,000 2.4%
Other $482 $8,984,000 3.8%
Total Support $4,294 $80,091,000 34.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,018 $37,627,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $12,539 $233,860,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,069 $17,407,883,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $527 $1,512,050,000 4.5%
Staff $633 $1,814,776,000 5.4%
General Administration $105 $300,687,000 0.9%
School Administration $536 $1,538,939,000 4.6%
Operation $1,086 $3,114,724,000 9.3%
Transportation $337 $967,831,000 2.9%
Other $284 $815,478,000 2.4%
Total Support $3,509 $10,064,485,000 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,051 $5,882,029,000 17.6%
Total Expenditures $11,628 $33,354,397,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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