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What's something ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030005469
ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2625 SPENCERS PLANTATION BLVD, ORANGE PARK, FL 32073 · (904) 336-0375 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.3:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
456 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
55.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.6pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 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 are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 50.2% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 722 | 63.2% | 52.0% |
| JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WINTER HAVEN | 746 | 63.0% | 51.5% |
| MYRA TERWILLIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 672 | 66.7% | 39.0% |
| PLANTATION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 915 | 60.2% | 62.7% |
| JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 856 | 64.1% | 46.5% |
| BEVERLY SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEESBURG | 596 | 62.6% | 39.6% |
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 ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,231 of 2,136 | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,043 of 2,149 ▲ 325 | #19 of 29 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,036 of 2,149 ▲ 220 | #19 of 29 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #647 of 2,267 | #10 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #67 of 2,077 | #10 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #120 of 2,108 | #7 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.2% | #785 of 2,188 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #1,298 of 1,374 | #12 of 15 |
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
722
+53 (+8%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 722 | 58.6 | 12.3:1 | 63% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 810 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 57% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 47.8 | 16.6:1 | 52% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 42% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 44% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 43% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 34% (189) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in ORANGE PARK, Florida, according to federal school records. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 722 students in pre-K through 6.
CLAY counts 50 schools and 39,116 students, including ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Black students form the largest group at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 40% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. In Clay County overall, about 12% of residents are Black. The chance that two students picked at random at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.3:1, with 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 63%. Among public schools in Clay County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
allk12 grades ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 2.4 points above predicted: 52.0% against 49.5%.
Within Clay County, median household income is about $87,820, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 55 public schools in Clay County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,806.
The school nearest to ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.6 miles. Within five miles of ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 8%, from 669 to 722. By 2024-25, the school had 12.3 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in ORANGE PARK
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
- OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,022 students
- DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARYElementary · 915 students
Other Argyle Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Argyle Elementary. ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 4.
- Argyle Elementary SchoolSmyrna, GA · 333 students
- ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARGYLE, NY · 253 students
- Argyle ElementaryArgyle, WI · 150 students
Nearby schools
- CHIMNEY LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 871
- OAKLEAF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,022
- S BRYAN JENNINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 492
- DUVAL ACADEMY2.5 mi · 27
- ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY2.5 mi · 787
- CLAY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.6 mi · 107
Frequently asked questions
About ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 722 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 27% White, 21% Hispanic, 40% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.