📍 885 S Courtenay Pkwy, Merritt Island, Brevard County, 32952
Tropical Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Merritt Island, Brevard County. The school has 671 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brevard school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1. 64% of students are proficient in reading. 60% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Tropical Elementary School enrolls 671 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 9.7% Hispanic or Latino and 8.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 518 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 9.7% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 8.8% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
344 of the school's 671 students (51%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tropical Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-80, state senate district 14, state house district 51.
Tropical Elementary School is one of 111 schools in BREVARD, based in VIERA, Florida. The district serves 71,198 students district-wide and employs 4,386 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 671 students, Tropical Elementary School is close to the district average of about 641 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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