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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Bessey Creek Elementary School, Palm City, FL

Bessey Creek Elementary School is a public elementary school in Palm City, part of Martin County Public Schools. It enrolled 594 students in 2024-25, with 15.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
594
Teachers (FTE)
39.0
Students per teacher
15.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.7 lower than the district figure of 17.9. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.2
District17.9
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2201 SW Matheson Ave, Palm City, FL 34990
Phone
(772)219-1500
District
Martin County Public Schools
County
Martin County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
120129003087
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
98
Reduced-price lunch
35
Free or reduced-price lunch
13322.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification
78Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Martin County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.