W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science, West Melbourne FL

Original Research by School Decision on W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science

W. Melbourne Elementary School for Science sits on Meadowlane Avenue in West Melbourne, a community in Brevard County on Florida's Space Coast. It is a public school within the Brevard district, serving children from kindergarten through sixth grade, with pre-K listed in its grade band. The school's name signals its identity plainly: science is the organizing theme of the curriculum, and that framing shapes what a family should expect when considering enrollment.

The academic results on Florida's state assessments are among the most striking features of this school. Across every tested grade in math, the proficiency rates are exceptionally high, with the sixth-grade cohort essentially at the ceiling and the other grades not far behind. ELA results follow a similar pattern, with the third-grade cohort coming in somewhat lower than the others but still well above what you would expect from a typical Florida elementary school. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the one grade where the state administers its science assessment, is also very strong. These are not narrow gains in one subject or one grade; the pattern holds across the full span of tested grades, which suggests the school is doing something consistently across its program. That consistency is a real strength for families evaluating academic fit.

The student body is predominantly white, with Asian students making up the next largest group, followed by Hispanic and multiracial students. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is low relative to what you would see in many Florida elementary schools, which tells you something about the economic character of the families the school currently draws. Data on English learner status and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided, so parents with children who receive specialized services should ask the school directly about those programs and how they are staffed.

The school is not a charter and does not carry a magnet designation in the data, but its name and the way it is organized suggest a specialized focus that functions much like a themed program school. Families who are drawn here are likely self-selecting around that science emphasis, which contributes to a peer environment oriented toward academic engagement. Whether that dynamic fits a given child depends on the child and the family.

On housing, the West Melbourne zip code sits at a home price that tracks closely with the Florida statewide median, and it has seen a modest decline year over year. Rents have also edged down slightly. Buying is meaningfully more expensive on a monthly basis than renting at current mortgage rates. None of this is unusual for Brevard County right now, but it is worth knowing if you are weighing a move to access this school specifically.

The comparison data for Brevard County was limited because the county comparison set contained too few districts to produce a meaningful index, so positioning this school against its neighbors on overall proficiency was not possible from what was provided. The district brief search did not return confirmed recent changes at the Brevard district level, so parent-relevant district news was left out rather than guessed at.

No information on course access, extracurricular programs, staffing ratios, chronic absenteeism, or discipline data was available. Parents with questions about those dimensions will want to contact the school or attend an information session. The locale brief for West Melbourne returned no usable research results before the search budget was exhausted, so community context beyond what the housing data provides is absent here.

What this school offers, based on what the data shows, is a specialized science-focused elementary program with some of the strongest proficiency results visible in the state assessment record. That alone makes it worth a close look for families in Brevard County who are weighing their options.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 392%

School 92% · District 59% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 497%

School 97% · District 60% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 57% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 698%

School 98% · District 72% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 383%

School 83% · District 58% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 490%

School 90% · District 58% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 60% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 691%

School 91% · District 70% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Science

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 60% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

This schoolBREVARD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 4Lower-income81%Higher-income92%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income80%Higher-income89%9 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income83%Higher-income94%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income88%Higher-income99%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income88%Higher-income89%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income96%Higher-income98%3 pp gap