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Enrollment
1,061
Elementary
DISTRICT 993 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLAGLER·NCES 120054000841
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
305 N PALMETTO ST, BUNNELL, FL 32110 · (386) 437-7533 · Flagler County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,061 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
556 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 70 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 173 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 159 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 168 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 179 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (173) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (161).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
48.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 51.8% |
% 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
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,061 | 52.4% | 50.8% |
| TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 1,047 | 54.6% | 62.7% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 907 | 49.7% | 56.6% |
| ANTIOCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 931 | 50.4% | 69.9% |
| WARD-HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 908 | 53.6% | 64.0% |
| TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 841 | 54.1% | 71.5% |
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 BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Flagler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,302 of 2,136 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #977 of 2,149 ▲ 327 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,390 of 2,149 ▼ 261 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,061 | #159 of 2,267 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #91 of 2,077 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #873 of 2,108 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #1,199 of 2,188 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #850 of 1,374 | #3 of 6 |
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
1,061
+11 (+1%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,061 | 84 | 12.6:1 | 52% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 1,096 | 83 | 13.2:1 | 64% (703) |
| 2022-23 | 1,080 | 78 | 13.8:1 | 73% (788) |
| 2020-21 | 1,050 | 74 | 14.2:1 | 68% (718) |
| 2017-18 | 1,204 | 81 | 14.9:1 | 72% (867) |
| 2015-16 | 1,271 | 83 | 15.3:1 | 75% (955) |
| 2010-11 | 1,239 | 88 | 14.1:1 | 69% (852) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 56% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 36 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in BUNNELL, Florida, BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 1,061 students enrolled. That is 76% larger than the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under FLAGLER, which has 11 schools enrolling 13,521 students.
More than half of the students at BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (58%). The rest of enrollment is 17% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Flagler County's population at about 75%. The diversity index for BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 12.6:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 52%. Among public schools in Flagler County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Test results at BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 4.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (50.8% actual, 54.9% predicted).
Flagler County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $77,363 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Flagler County number 13, with about 13,521 students.
RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 2.0 miles from BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 1,050 in 2020-21 to 1,061 in 2024-25, a change of 11 students. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Flagler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
126,528
Census ACS
Median income
$77,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
13,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FLAGLER
- FLAGLER-PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,533 students
- MATANZAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,102 students
- INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,438 students
- BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,310 students
- BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,288 students
- OLD KINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
Other schools in BUNNELL
- IFLAGLER-VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 178 students
- FLAGLER VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION KG-5Elementary
- FLAGLER VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMHigh
Nearby schools
- RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 967
- IFLAGLER-VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.6 mi · 178
- FLAGLER-PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 2,533
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT TOWN CENTER3.6 mi · 885
- BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL4.3 mi · 1,310
- LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY4.4 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,061 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 84 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FLAGLER.
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