The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Science. The lowest is 41% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Village Green Environmental Studies School
Village Green Environmental Studies School sits on SE Lennard Road in Port St. Lucie, a sprawling, fast-growing city on Florida's Treasure Coast built around single-family residential neighborhoods, river access, and a family-oriented character. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade within St. Lucie Public Schools. Its name signals a focus, and for families drawn to environmental themes woven into an elementary setting, that identity is the clearest starting point for understanding what it offers.
The school carries a meaningfully diverse student body. Hispanic, Black, and white students each make up roughly comparable shares of enrollment, with a smaller multiracial population rounding out the mix. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the income profile of the surrounding community. Data on English learner rates and special education participation were not available in what was provided.
On the Florida FAST assessment, the academic picture is mixed. In reading, third and fourth graders perform at rates well below the majority-proficient mark, while fifth graders reach a stronger level. Math tells a similar story: third-grade proficiency is low, fourth grade improves, and fifth grade reaches roughly even ground. Fifth-grade science results, measured by the Florida Statewide Science Assessment, land at a solid majority-proficient level, which is a relative strength. Taken together, the pattern of lower proficiency in earlier grades with improvement by fifth grade is worth asking the school about directly. A parent may want to understand what specific supports are in place for students who enter behind grade level and how the school tracks progress across the elementary years. Trend data across multiple years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether results have been improving or holding steady.
Because this school serves only grades PK through five, it has no graduation rate, and AP or dual-enrollment pathways do not apply. Those measures simply are not relevant to its grade band. Detailed program offerings beyond the environmental studies theme were not included in the data provided.
At the district level, St. Lucie Public Schools has been managing rapid enrollment growth. A new high school opened in the Tradition area in 2025, the first the district had built in nearly a generation, and a new K-8 school is slated to open in 2026. Attendance zone adjustments have accompanied these openings, so families new to the area should confirm current boundaries before assuming a child will attend any particular school. Voters have extended both an operating property tax and a capital sales tax in recent years, supporting teacher pay, school resource officers on every campus, mental-health services, and facility construction. These are direct inputs into the school environment at Village Green.
Port St. Lucie itself is one of Florida's fastest-growing cities, originally platted as a car-dependent bedroom community and still largely organized around arterial roads and residential cul-de-sacs. Walkability is limited outside a few planned nodes like the Tradition town center. The city's park and preserve system is genuinely extensive, with greenspace threaded through neighborhoods along the North Fork of the St. Lucie River and its canals, which aligns naturally with an environmentally focused school. Healthcare, retail, and government are the largest employment sectors; the city's average wages run below the national average, and many residents commute elsewhere for work.
Housing near the school's zip code is priced somewhat below the Florida statewide median, and values have edged slightly downward over the past year while rent has ticked up modestly. Renting consumes a meaningful share of income at current asking rents, a consideration for families weighing the area's affordability relative to other parts of the state.
The comparison data available for St. Lucie County was not sufficient in size to position Village Green meaningfully against neighboring districts on proficiency, absenteeism, or graduation metrics, so those comparisons were not drawn. Chronic absenteeism data for the school itself was also not available, which is a gap worth raising with the school given how closely attendance connects to early literacy and math outcomes.
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