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What's the most underrated thing about BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
679
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM·NCES 120162002667
BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 BEAR BLVD, SAN MATEO, FL 32187 · (386) 329-0557 · Putnam County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
407 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
46.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 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 | 46.8% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 39.3% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 679 | 59.9% | 40.9% |
| CROOKSHANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 705 | 62.4% | 59.0% |
| BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 687 | 64.6% | 45.5% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 655 | 58.3% | 63.3% |
| BOB SIKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 794 | 57.1% | 56.6% |
| FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WHITE | 644 | 63.0% | 46.7% |
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 BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,764 of 2,136 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #1,989 of 2,149 ▼ 145 | #9 of 9 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,458 of 2,149 ▲ 29 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #785 of 2,267 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,683 of 2,077 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.1% | #988 of 2,108 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #913 of 2,188 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #1,058 of 1,374 | N/A |
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
679
+86 (+15%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 874
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 679 | 37.8 | 18.0:1 | 60% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 38 | 17.5:1 | 78% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 660 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 72% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 62% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 41 | 17.9:1 | 73% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 45 | 16.4:1 | 75% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 49 | 15.3:1 | 78% (585) |
| 2000-01 | 923 | 49 | 18.8:1 | 61% (566) |
| 1990-91 | 874 | 50 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in SAN MATEO, Florida, attend BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 679 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Federal data list 18 schools in PUTNAM, with 10,082 students enrolled.
The student body at BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 60% White. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 71%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. The school has 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal data show 60% of students (407) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 13% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In Putnam County, home to about 75,164 people, the median household earns about $47,934 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Putnam County with 18 other public schools.
PUTNAM VIRTUAL FRANCHISE sits about 3.9 miles from BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 39.4%, lower than BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 40.9%.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 86 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.9:1 in 2020-21, and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,164
Census ACS
Median income
$47,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
10,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM
- PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,056 students
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 999 students
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
- ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
Nearby schools
- PUTNAM VIRTUAL FRANCHISE3.9 mi · 22
- PUTNAM VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)3.9 mi · 26
- TEEN PARENT PK CHILD CARE PROGRAM3.9 mi · 2
- WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 558
- PUTNAM ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES5.4 mi · 192
- MELLON LEARNING CENTER5.6 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 679 students in grades KG-06.
Is BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
What is the student diversity at BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PUTNAM.
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