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Enrollment
658
High
DISTRICT 339 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN·NCES 120021000290
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
18597 NE SR 69, BLOUNTSTOWN, FL 32424 · (850) 674-5724 · Calhoun County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL658 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Florida public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
283 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 104 | 16% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CALHOUN. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.6% | 59.7% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 658 | 43.0% | 57.0% |
| UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LAKE BUTLER | 606 | 38.8% | 59.0% |
| COTTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL COTTONDALE | 419 | 47.0% | 60.0% |
| TRENTON HIGH SCHOOL TRENTON | 701 | 40.2% | 62.3% |
| PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL PORT ST JOE | 575 | 37.6% | 53.6% |
| ASTRONAUT HIGH SCHOOL TITUSVILLE | 1,056 | 47.3% | 39.9% |
Matched among Florida high 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 BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #215 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #126 of 549 ▼ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #301 of 559 ▼ 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 658 | #458 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #50 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #365 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #327 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +52.3% | #20 of 246 |
Ranked against other public high 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
658
+45 (+7%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 658 | 39.3 | 16.8:1 | 43% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 685 | 38.5 | 17.8:1 | 55% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 38.4 | 18.1:1 | 55% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 33 | 18.6:1 | 49% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 45% (195) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 62% (261) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 52% (218) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 29% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 25 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
About BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is a public small high school in BLOUNTSTOWN, Florida. Total enrollment is 658 students, and the grades served are 6 through 12. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 36% lower.
CALHOUN (6 schools, 2,031 students) runs BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.
More than half of the students at BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL are White (66%). Beyond that, enrollment is 17% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. In Calhoun County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
Based on 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 16.8:1. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. Income data for the school show 43% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public high schools, BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 59.6%. BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL scores 57.0%.
The school's county is Calhoun County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $50,517 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in Calhoun County number 6, with about 2,031 students.
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from BLOUNTSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within five miles. BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 57.0% compares with 58.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% rise, from 613 to 658. The ratio of students to teachers went from 18.6:1 to 16.8:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,492
Census ACS
Median income
$50,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,031 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CALHOUN
- ALTHA PUBLIC SCHOOLCombined · 653 students
- BLOUNTSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 484 students
- CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOLElementary · 205 students
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined · 30 students
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 1 students
Other schools in BLOUNTSTOWN
- BLOUNTSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 484 students
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined · 30 students
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 1 students
Nearby schools
- BLOUNTSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 484
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.4 mi · 1
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.4 mi · 30
- LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 336
- LIBERTY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE4.7 mi · 7
- LIBERTY EARLY LEARNING CENTER4.8 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 658 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 16.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL?
BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CALHOUN in Calhoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.