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BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 400 ISHIE AVE, in BRONSON, Florida, BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary-level community that instructs 586 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of LEVY.
BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by LEVY, a district that hosts 5,554 students overall.
Looking at the student body, BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 48.9%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Levy County put median household income runs about $56,750, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Levy County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,554 students), BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.5%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 3%: 605 students in 2018 compared to 586 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 72% to 65%.
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