ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, one of the schools within OKALOOSA. Current enrollment sits at 490 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 49 schools in OKALOOSA (32,120 students total), ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 30% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Okaloosa County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.6%; this one delivers 48.4%.

In the surrounding community, Okaloosa County reports that median household income runs about $81,998, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Okaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students).

The closest other public school is FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 480 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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