BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC
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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 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
About BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC
Set in BROOKER, Florida, BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC is an one-room-style elementary campus, one of the schools within BRADFORD. It works with 82 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 86% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
BRADFORD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 2,848 students. BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC is one of those campuses.
On demographics, BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, Roughly 55% of students at BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.8%.
In the broader community, Bradford County reports that median household income runs about $63,050, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Bradford County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,848 students), of which BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC is one.
Nearest neighbor: UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, around 8.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. BROOKER COMMUNITY SCHOOL INC operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
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