Challenger 7 Elementary School

The Rena campus of Challenger 7 Elementary, in the Cocoa, FL 32927 ZIP, answers at 321-636-5801.

The school's own site prints the address as 6135 Rena Drive, Cocoa, FL 32927, with phone 321.636.5801 and fax 321-877-0971 (Challenger 7 Elementary website). The federal locator writes the street as 6135 Rena Ave, also in Cocoa, FL 32927, with phone (321) 636-5801, grades from pre-kindergarten through grade 6 and 431 students in 2024-2025 (NCES search for ZIP 32927). The two official listings differ in the street suffix, Drive on the school site and Ave in the NCES record.

The Rena campus does not describe itself as a Port St. John school, and the NCES entry gives Cocoa as its city (NCES search for ZIP 32927). The Census Bureau geocoder matches 6135 Rena Ave, Cocoa, FL 32927 to the Port St. John CDP (Census geocoder result for 6135 Rena Ave). Other public campuses in the same NCES ZIP 32927 results include Atlantis Elementary at 7300 Briggs Ave, Enterprise Elementary at 7000 Enterprise Rd and Space Coast Junior/Senior High School at 6150 Banyan St, all with Cocoa mailing addresses (NCES search for ZIP 32927). The Florida Department of Education tracks the campus as Brevard school 0191 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades).

The 2025-26 letter for Challenger 7 Elementary is a B, on 59 percent of possible points, after A letters in 2024 and 2025.

Row 0191 of the state's 2025-26 school grades workbook, as of September 1, 2026, credits Challenger 7 Elementary School with 472 points over 8 components and 99 percent of eligible students tested, and labels it school type 01, elementary (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades). Under the file's elementary note, an A starts at 62% of points and a B spans 54% to 61%.

In the Challenger 7 row, ELA achievement reads 61 and ELA learning gains 62, mathematics achievement 61 and mathematics learning gains 62, science achievement 59, and mathematics learning gains of the lowest 25 percent 45 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades).

From 1999 through 2012 every Challenger 7 Elementary cell in the FLDOE workbook holds an A; later years hold A, B and C letters.

The workbook has no 2020 column, leaves the 2021 Challenger 7 cell empty and marks 2015 and 2023 as informational baseline grades (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades). The file does not give reasons for any change, and the school's About Us menu links a School Profile and a School Data Profile for families who want the school's own figures (Challenger 7 Elementary website).

Yes: the state grade file marks Challenger 7 Elementary as a Title I school, and FLDOE's Title I, Part A school list includes it.

In the Challenger 7 row of the 2025-26 grade workbook the Title I column reads YES, the charter column reads NO, and the percent of economically disadvantaged students reads 77.8 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades). The separate Title I, Part A school list published by the Florida Department of Education, file 2425TIPA, shows Challenger 7 Elementary School, Brevard school 0191, with 463 students ages 5 to 17, 293 children from low-income families, 63.28% as the percent of children from low-income families, and SW in the program type column (FLDOE Title I, Part A school list).

The Challenger 7 figures come from different measures: the Title I list's columns are total students ages 5 to 17 and children from low-income families, the grade file gives a percent of economically disadvantaged students, and NCES reports 431 students in its 2024-2025 membership data (NCES search for ZIP 32927). The Challenger 7 About Us menu also carries its own Title I Information page (Challenger 7 Elementary website).

Challenger 7 Elementary lists a C7 Kindness Squad, a National Elementary Honor Society chapter, Math Club, Music Club, Destination Mars and a Broadcasting Club.

The program list on the Challenger 7 website describes the C7 Kindness Squad as a group of student superheroes who spread kindness throughout the school and community, and it limits NEHS to fifth and sixth grade students who maintain a 3.0 GPA and have excellent STAR student qualities (Challenger 7 Elementary website). The Music Club teaches string instruments and singing in harmony in a chorus setting, and the Broadcasting Club brings the school the daily news while students learn about media.

Destination Mars teaches students about space travel and colonization; the site says it is currently open for 6th grade students and that 5th grade students may be offered the chance to join (Challenger 7 Elementary website). The Math Club explores the uses of math concepts, according to the same Challenger 7 program list.

The Challenger 7 About Us menu lists a Modified/Year Round Calendar page beside PBIS, the School Advisory Council and Title I Information, and its Academics menu links the Student Progression Plan.

Because the Challenger 7 site names a Modified/Year Round Calendar, families coming from another Brevard school can confirm first-day and break dates on that page or with the office at 321.636.5801 (Challenger 7 Elementary website). The Parents and Students menu lists Monthly Newsletters; Volunteer, Cafeteria, and Brevard After Care Information; FOCUS Help Documents; School Supply Lists 2026-2027; Beanstack Classroom Libraries; School and Grade Level Reading Lists; Purple Star; and Water Safety Information.

The Student Progression Plan linked from Challenger 7's Academics menu is the plan section 1008.25 requires of each district school board, one that must provide for a student's progression from one grade to another based on mastery of the English Language Arts, mathematics, science and social studies standards (Fla. Stat. 1008.25).

Last verified: October 21, 2026, through a fresh read of Challenger 7's row and the elementary scale note in FLDOE's 2025-26 workbook, the FLDOE Title I, Part A list, the NCES ZIP 32927 results, the Census geocoder match for the Rena address, the Rena Drive school's website and Florida Statute 1008.25.