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Enrollment
653
Elementary
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001353
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL
281 MISSISSIPPI AVE, VALPARAISO, FL 32580 · (850) 833-4130 · Okaloosa County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL653 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
312 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 33 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 66% smaller than its 8th grade class (97).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.4% | 69.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL this school | 653 | 47.8% | 66.0% |
| SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUNTA GORDA | 634 | 46.4% | 69.6% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE PRIMARY NAVARRE | 661 | 48.3% | N/A |
| RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 768 | 49.7% | 58.5% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE NAVARRE | 698 | 46.8% | 67.8% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #599 of 2,136 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #1,049 of 2,149 ▼ 480 | #12 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #619 of 2,149 ▼ 63 | #9 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 653 | #859 of 2,267 | #10 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #500 of 2,077 | #3 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #883 of 2,108 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.8% | #1,362 of 2,188 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #935 of 1,374 | #8 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
653
-80 (-11%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 653 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 48% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 46 | 14.7:1 | 43% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 693 | 46 | 15.1:1 | 44% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 43% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 48% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 45% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 54 | 12.1:1 | 40% (260) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 31 | 21.2:1 | 31% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 24 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL.
About ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in VALPARAISO, Florida. Enrollment stands at 653 students, covering pre-K through 8.
OKALOOSA has a total of 49 schools and 32,120 students, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL among them.
More than half of enrollment at ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is White: 59%. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 10% Black. The school's White share is 13 points below the 72% share among Okaloosa County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Its ratio of 14.5:1 is based on 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 3.0 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 48%. The figure for public schools in Okaloosa County is close, at 50%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is +8.8 points: 66.0% actual, 57.2% predicted.
In Okaloosa County, median household income comes to about $81,998, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 32,120 students.
OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER, about 1.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is 9th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 733 students in 2020-21 to 653 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Nearby schools
- OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER1.5 mi · 366
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 2,036
- C. W. RUCKEL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,061
- JAMES E PLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 762
- LULA J. EDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 501
- COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL AT NORTHWEST FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE3.3 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOLHow large is ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL?
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL enrolls approximately 653 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL serve?
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL have?
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL are roughly 59% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL public or private?
ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by OKALOOSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.