Windmill Point Elementary School, Port St Lucie FL

Original Research by School Decision on Windmill Point Elementary School

Windmill Point Elementary sits on SW Darwin Boulevard in the western part of Port St. Lucie, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the St. Lucie County school district. It is a large elementary school for its grade band, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across the grade levels it serves. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working-class and middle-income residential character of the surrounding neighborhoods. The student body is racially and ethnically mixed, with Hispanic and Black students together making up a clear majority, White students composing roughly a fifth, and smaller shares of Asian, multiracial, and other students. Data on English learner and IEP rates were not available in what was provided.

On the most recent Florida state assessments, math proficiency at the third-grade level is meaningfully above half, and fourth grade is close behind. Fifth-grade math and third- and fourth-grade ELA results land around or just above half of students reaching the proficient mark, while fifth-grade ELA and the fifth-grade science assessment are below half. These are not strong results in absolute terms, and a parent who wants to understand what the school is doing about reading and science at the upper elementary grades would be well served asking about the specific interventions in place. The sixth-grade math result in the data appears to reflect a very small group of students tested at an advanced level rather than a full grade cohort, given that the school only serves through fifth grade, so that figure is not meaningful as a general performance signal. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this data alone to say whether results are improving or holding steady.

Port St. Lucie itself is one of Florida's fastest-growing cities, publicly reported as among the largest in the state and still expanding rapidly, particularly in its western and master-planned corridors. The original development pattern created a sprawling, car-dependent city of residential streets, canals, and cul-de-sacs with little traditional commercial infrastructure. Daily movement is almost entirely car-based outside a few planned pockets like the Tradition town center. Civic life revolves around an extensive park and preserve system along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River, the county library branches, and the MIDFLORIDA Event Center, which hosts community events and a weekly green market. Area Regional Transit operates a fare-free fixed-route bus system on weekdays and Saturdays, with a coach connection to West Palm Beach.

The housing market in the school's zip code shows home values running modestly above the state benchmark and above national levels, with both values and rents slightly lower than a year ago, a shift publicly reported as a move toward more buyer-favorable conditions as inventory has grown. Monthly ownership costs relative to income remain a real consideration for families, and rent-to-income ratios are elevated. The district's half-percent capital sales tax, renewed by voters in late 2024, is funding new construction to keep pace with growth, and the district's first new high school in nearly a generation opened in Tradition in August 2025. A new K-8 school is planned to open in 2026. Families relocating to the western part of the city should confirm current attendance-zone boundaries, as rezoning has been active.

At the district level, a voter-renewed one-mill operating property tax funds teacher recruitment and retention pay, a school resource officer on every campus, and mental-health services. That levy is set to expire in 2027 and is expected to go before voters again in 2026, so it is worth watching. Special populations data at Windmill Point itself was not reported, so the scope of support services on campus is a gap this narrative cannot fill from available data. Program offerings were also not available.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 364%

School 64% · District 62% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 460%

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

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

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 6100%

School 100% · District 58% · ▲ 42 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 53% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 454%

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

even with state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 48% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 52% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 10 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-income51%Higher-income54%3 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income49%Higher-income64%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income43%Higher-income51%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income62%Higher-income69%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income58%Higher-income68%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income46%Higher-income61%15 pp gap