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Enrollment
899
Elementary
DISTRICT 687 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165005376
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3740 EXCALIBUR WAY, MILTON, FL 32583 · (850) 983-7000 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL899 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
542 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 46 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 165 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 162 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
50.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 55.0% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 899 | 60.3% | 53.0% |
| ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERLACHEN | 844 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
| PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACE | 846 | 57.8% | 55.5% |
| WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 875 | 61.6% | 64.2% |
| HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERNANDO | 730 | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 695 | 59.1% | 73.9% |
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 BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,176 of 2,136 | #12 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,414 of 2,149 ▼ 259 | #12 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,251 of 2,149 ▼ 487 | #13 of 15 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 899 | #313 of 2,267 | #3 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #676 of 2,077 | #7 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #1,529 of 2,108 | #9 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #899 of 2,188 | #6 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #388 of 621 | #4 of 6 |
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
899
+178 (+25%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 899 | 60 | 15.0:1 | 60% (542) |
| 2023-24 | 876 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 57% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 819 | 51 | 16.1:1 | 59% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 50 | 14.4:1 | 53% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 839 | 73 | 11.5:1 | 61% (514) |
| 2015-16 | 822 | 65 | 12.7:1 | 62% (513) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 56% (506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 3740 EXCALIBUR WAY in MILTON, Florida, BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 899 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 49% higher.
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 38 schools run by SANTA ROSA, which serves 29,643 students.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 6% Black. In Santa Rosa County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 15.0:1 is based on 60 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 60%. The rate at public schools in Santa Rosa County averages 44%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 51.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 53.0%.
Census data for Santa Rosa County show median household income comes to about $91,922, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 42 public schools in the county, enrolling about 29,382, BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Among nearby public schools, AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at about 0.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 7. BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 899 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 721.
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Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in MILTON
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 802 students
- W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 771 students
- AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 768 students
- HOBBS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 743 students
Nearby schools
- AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 768
- PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 846
- S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 611
- T. R. JACKSON PREK CENTER4.3 mi · 184
- BAGDAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 501
- HOBBS MIDDLE SCHOOL4.3 mi · 743
Frequently asked questions
About BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 899 students in grades PK-05.
Is BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 72% White, 10% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SANTA ROSA.
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