ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in VALPARAISO, Florida, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL works with 653 students from grades pre-K through 8, run under OKALOOSA.

OKALOOSA comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 32,120 students; ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 15% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 10% Black. By comparison, Okaloosa County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 66.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Okaloosa County put median household earnings sit near $81,998, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Okaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students).

OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 79.4%.

ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL has declined 10%, going from 726 students in 2018 to 653 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 7% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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