Robert L. Stevenson Elementary School, Merritt Island FL

Original Research by School Decision on Robert L. Stevenson Elementary School

Robert L. Stevenson Elementary sits on Merritt Island, a barrier island community on Florida's Space Coast, serving kindergarten through sixth grade as a regular public school within the Brevard County district. The enrollment is mid-sized for a K-6 school, with grades distributed fairly evenly from kindergarten through sixth.

The academic picture here is genuinely strong. On Florida's FAST assessments in the most recent school year, proficiency rates in ELA run from the low-to-mid eighties in third grade up to the high nineties by sixth grade. Math results follow a similar pattern, with third grade coming in at the lower end of an otherwise high range, and fourth and sixth grade math both landing in the mid-to-upper nineties. Fifth grade science results are also very high. These are not merely adequate numbers; across multiple grades and subjects, Stevenson is performing well above what most Florida elementary schools report. Multi-year trend data was not available in the data provided, so the direction of change over time is not something this account can characterize.

The student body skews heavily white, with Hispanic students making up a smaller share and Asian and multiracial students present in modest numbers. A relatively small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a community that is largely economically comfortable by Florida standards. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not reported in the data provided, so parents with children in either of those categories would want to ask the school directly about its services and staffing for those populations.

The housing market around Merritt Island reflects that economic character. Home values in the area are currently above Florida's statewide median, though they have edged slightly downward year over year. Rents have moved in the opposite direction, increasing over the past year. At current mortgage rates, the monthly carrying cost of a typical home here is meaningful, and rent-to-income ratios are in a range that can stretch household budgets. Buyers considering a move to be near this school should factor in that the local market sits above both state and national benchmarks.

For locale context, the web research available for Merritt Island did not return usable information on walkability, downtown character, major employers, or civic anchors before the search budget was exhausted, so those details are absent from this account rather than guessed at. What the data does show is that this is a Florida barrier island community, geographically distinct from the mainland.

On the district side, a search for parent-relevant changes in Brevard County schools was not able to confirm lasting recent developments before the research budget ran out, so district-level strategic shifts or policy changes are not something this account can speak to.

The comparison data for Stevenson against Brevard County districts is of limited use here: the county has very few districts in the comparison set, which means the proficiency index comparison was flagged as not applicable. Chronic absenteeism and graduation rate data were either not applicable to this school's grade span or not reported.

What is clear from the available data is that Stevenson serves a relatively affluent, predominantly white student population and posts state assessment results that are high across nearly every tested grade and subject. A parent looking for a school where most children are meeting or exceeding state proficiency benchmarks will find that evidence here. A parent whose child has an IEP or is an English learner should pursue a direct conversation with the school about what supports are in place, since the data to address that question was not available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 59% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 495%

School 95% · District 60% · ▲ 35 pts above district

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

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 57% · ▲ 29 pts above district

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

Grade 695%

School 95% · District 72% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 22 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 494%

School 94% · District 58% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 39 pts above county median

Grade 592%

School 92% · District 60% · ▲ 32 pts above district

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

Grade 698%

School 98% · District 70% · ▲ 28 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 594%

School 94% · District 60% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 33 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 3Lower-income79%Higher-income84%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income92%Higher-income93%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income100%Higher-income98%2 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income64%Higher-income77%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income89%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income90%Higher-income96%6 pp gap