Emma Jewel Charter Academy

Emma Jewel Charter Academy is a public charter school for kindergarten through grade 8 at 705 Blake Ave in Cocoa, FL 32922, listed in the Brevard County school district by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES school detail, Emma Jewel Charter Academy).

As a charter school, Emma Jewel is a public school under Florida law. Section 1002.33 of the Florida Statutes says all charter schools in Florida are public schools and part of the state's program of public education, that a charter school must be nonsectarian, and that it may not charge tuition or registration fees beyond those other public schools normally charge (Florida Statutes 1002.33). The Cocoa school's state number, 6523, is the code used for it in the Florida Department of Education files cited on this page.

The school describes itself with the line Helping the Village Raise the Child, and its own site lists a fax number of 321-634-5465 alongside the main line (Emma Jewel Charter Academy home page). NCES classifies the Blake Avenue campus as a regular school in a Suburban, Large locale.

Emma Jewel Charter Academy enrolled 339 students in the 2024-2025 school year, with the largest class in grade 3 at 55 students, according to NCES (NCES enrollment by grade, Emma Jewel).

The Cocoa school is weighted toward its elementary grades: grades 7 and 8 hold 23 and 22 students, the two smallest classes on the list. NCES counts 182 male and 157 female students and 16.50 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, for a listed student/teacher ratio of 20.55. NCES notes that its directory details are preliminary 2025-2026 submissions, while the enrollment and staffing counts come from the official 2024-2025 school data.

A second official count differs. The Florida Department of Education's 2024-25 Title I list shows 362 total students ages 5 to 17 at Emma Jewel Charter Academy (FLDOE 2024-25 Title I school list). The two agencies measure on different bases, the NCES figure being total students and the Title I figure students ages 5 to 17, so both numbers are given here rather than one chosen over the other.

Emma Jewel Charter Academy earned a C in the Florida Department of Education's 2025-26 school grades released as of September 1, 2026, after a B the year before (FLDOE 2025-26 School Grades file).

The state files Emma Jewel as school type 04, a combination school, and grades it on that scale: an A needs 65 percent of points or more, a B 60 to 64 percent, a C 45 to 59 percent, a D 35 to 44 percent, and an F 34 percent or less. For 2026 the Cocoa school earned 567 points across 10 components, or 57 percent of the total possible, with 100 percent of students tested.

The 2026 components show where the Cocoa school's points came from. Social studies achievement scored 87 and middle school acceleration 91, while science achievement scored 18. In English language arts, achievement was 46, learning gains 61 and learning gains of the lowest 25 percent 67; Grade 3 English language arts achievement was 53. In mathematics, achievement was 46, learning gains 48 and learning gains of the lowest 25 percent 50. The same row marks the school as a charter and Title I school and lists 100 as its percent of economically disadvantaged students.

The Florida Department of Education reports 2024-25 school-level class size averages at Emma Jewel Charter Academy of 17.47 for prekindergarten to grade 3 and 18.65 for grades 4 to 8 (FLDOE 2024-25 charter class size averages).

The report also prints a 9-12 average of 20.00 for the Cocoa school even though NCES lists its grade span as kindergarten to 8; the state file does not explain that column, so it is shown as published. Class size averages are a different measure from the NCES student/teacher ratio of 20.55 for the Cocoa school, so the two figures are not expected to match. The two Brevard comparison rows come from the same state report and are there for scale only.

Yes: the Florida Department of Education's 2024-25 Title I list includes Emma Jewel Charter Academy, with 307 of 362 students ages 5 to 17, or 84.81 percent, counted as children from low-income families (FLDOE Title I list, Brevard rows).

The Title I row lists the Cocoa school as a Combination Elementary and Secondary school with selection code A and program type SW. NCES reports 248 Emma Jewel students eligible for free lunch and 13 for reduced-price lunch in 2024-2025, a combined 261, with 248 qualifying through direct certification (NCES lunch eligibility, Emma Jewel).

Meals are free for every student. The school states that Emma Jewel Charter Academy serves free breakfast and lunch to all scholars under the CEP program (Emma Jewel Charter Academy, CEP meals). Its site also runs a Title 1 hub, lists a Title 1 Math and Science Night among its news items, and carries a Purple Star page for military families.

Families apply directly to the school, which lists 2026-2027 registration, an enrollment application, a kindergarten round-up and an available seats page on its own site (Emma Jewel Charter Academy enrollment menu).

Florida law sets the admission rule. Under section 1002.33, a charter school shall enroll an eligible student who submits a timely application unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level or building; in that case, all applicants have an equal chance of admission through a random selection process (Florida Statutes 1002.33, enrollment). The same section bars tuition and registration fees beyond those other public schools normally charge, a rule that applies to the Cocoa charter as to every Florida charter school.

Practical details on the Emma Jewel site: a transportation request form, a uniform shop, school supply lists and a re-enrollment page for returning families. Early release days on the school calendar dismiss at 1:30 p.m., and questions go to the main office at 321-634-5462. The menu also links pages on the school's namesake and founders.

Elsewhere on Blake Avenue, at number 307, the City of Cocoa has a future museum of African American history and culture whose facility listing reads not yet open to the public (City of Cocoa Collins Museum page).

The city names it for Leon and Jewel Collins and houses it in the Harry T. Moore Center. The city page dates that building to 1924, when it opened as the first campus of Monroe High School, the first all African American school in the Cocoa community, and says it took the name of local civil rights leader Harry T. Moore in 1954 after the high school moved out. State Division of Historical Resources grants received in 2015 paid toward its renovation, and the City of Cocoa Community Services Department answers questions at 321-433-8577. The city page does not connect the museum to the charter school; the two simply share Blake Avenue.

For older students, Brevard Public Schools runs Cocoa High School at 2000 Tiger Trl, Cocoa 32926, which NCES lists as a non-charter school for grades 7 to 12 with 1,432 students in 2024-2025 and a phone of (321) 632-5300 (NCES school detail, Cocoa High School).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, with each Blake Avenue figure re-read from NCES (Emma Jewel and Cocoa High), the FLDOE Title I list, charter class size report and school grades workbook, section 1002.33 of the Florida Statutes, the City of Cocoa museum listing and the school's own home page.