BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized primary schools in STARKE, Florida, overseen by BRADFORD, with 745 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

BRADFORD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 2,848 students; BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 25% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Bradford County's rate of about 60%.

With demographic context factored in, BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 55.2%, a residual of +8.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bradford County indicate median household income runs about $63,050, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bradford County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,848 students), of which BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 28%: 580 students in 2018 compared to 745 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 1% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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