Northport K-8 School, Port St Lucie FL

Original Research by School Decision on Northport K-8 School

Northport K-8 School sits on NW Floresta Drive in Port St. Lucie, serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade as a regular public school within St. Lucie County's district. With enrollment that puts it on the larger side for a K-8 campus, the school draws a racially and ethnically diverse student body, with Hispanic and Black students each making up roughly a third of enrollment and white students accounting for most of the remainder. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is relevant context when reading the school's academic results. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available.

On Florida's FAST assessments, Northport's results are mixed and grade-dependent. In English Language Arts, proficiency rates across the tested grades land mostly in the low-to-mid fifties, with fifth grade dipping noticeably lower and eighth grade trailing behind the other middle grades. Math tells a more varied story: fourth and sixth grade both show relatively stronger performance, pushing past the midpoint among tested grades, while fifth grade and especially seventh grade lag considerably, the seventh-grade math figure being the weakest single result in the dataset. Science proficiency, tested at fifth and eighth grade, comes in below the reading rates for those same grades. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding, or declining. A parent who wants to understand what is driving the patterns at specific grade levels, particularly in fifth and seventh grade math and fifth grade ELA, may want to raise those questions directly with the school.

Northport does not serve high school grades, so no graduation rate applies here. No program offerings data was provided, and the data does not include information on course access, chronic absenteeism, or discipline rates. Those gaps are worth following up on with the school directly.

The school sits within St. Lucie County Public Schools, a district that has been growing rapidly alongside Port St. Lucie's expansion. The district opened its first new high school in nearly a generation in the Tradition area in August 2025 and has a new K-8 school planned to open in 2026. Attendance zones were redrawn as part of that growth response, so families relocating to the area should confirm their current zoning assignment. Voters have twice recently backed the district's funding measures: a recurring operating millage that supports teacher pay, school resource officers, and mental health services, and a capital sales tax extension that finances new construction and safety improvements. Both measures directly shape staffing conditions and campus resources at schools like Northport.

Port St. Lucie itself is a sprawling, largely residential city, publicly reported to be among the fastest-growing in Florida. It was designed without a traditional downtown core, and car travel remains the dominant mode of getting around for most of the city. The Northport neighborhood sits on the older, more established eastern side of the city, away from the newer master-planned Tradition communities to the west. Housing values near the school are close to the Florida statewide median and have edged slightly lower year over year, while rents have moved in the opposite direction. The rent-to-income ratio in the area runs at a level that exceeds typical affordability thresholds, which is a relevant consideration for families deciding between renting and buying. The broader community offers parks, preserves along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River, a county library system with branches across the city, and fare-free regional bus service, though daily life for most residents revolves around driving.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 62% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 57% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 51% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 58% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 39% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 62% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 53% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 51% · ▲ 3 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 48% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 60% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 753%

School 53% · District 54% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 52% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 52% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 49% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

This schoolST. LUCIE, 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-income53%Higher-income58%6 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income68%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income39%Higher-income42%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income54%Higher-income55%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income54%Higher-income49%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income45%Higher-income49%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income67%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income62%Higher-income50%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income38%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income64%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income28%Higher-income14%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income52%Higher-income67%15 pp gap