Enrollment
205
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN·NCES 120021000292
CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
18987 NW SR 73, CLARKSVILLE, FL 32430 · (850) 674-5395 · Calhoun County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
104 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
70.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 70.7% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 62.9% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 205 | 50.7% | 62.5% |
| BRYCEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRYCEVILLE | 197 | 44.2% | 82.6% |
| LAWTEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAWTEY | 257 | 55.3% | 63.5% |
| DISTRICT PRE-K PROGRAMS CRAWFORDVILLE | 204 | 42.6% | N/A |
| HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOSFORD | 302 | 41.7% | 59.8% |
| CHUMUCKLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAY | 371 | 50.4% | 69.6% |
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 CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #748 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #617 of 2,149 ▲ 210 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #539 of 2,149 ▲ 292 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 205 | #2,103 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,012 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #1,960 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #1,275 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #626 of 1,374 |
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
205
-10 (-5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 205 | 13 | 15.7:1 | 51% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 13 | 16.8:1 | 66% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 11.5 | 19.8:1 | 60% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 9 | 23.9:1 | 63% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 21 | 11.7:1 | 68% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 261 | 20 | 13.1:1 | 59% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 61% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 60% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 12 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL
CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in CLARKSVILLE, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolled 205 students in pre-K through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
The district, CALHOUN, has 2,031 students enrolled across 6 schools.
White students make up 89% of enrollment at CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL. Next come 7% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 76% White among all Calhoun County residents. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.7:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.7:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL is 51%.
allk12 grades CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.8%. CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 62.5%.
Census estimates describe Calhoun County this way: the median household income is $50,517, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Calhoun County has 6 public schools and roughly 2,031 students.
CALHOUN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM is the public school closest to CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 7.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.5%; CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 62.5%, ranking 1st of 5.
The NCES locale for CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 5% from 2020-21, when CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL had 215 students, to 2024-25, when it had 205. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 15.7:1, from 23.9:1.
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Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,492
Census ACS
Median income
$50,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,031 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CALHOUN
- BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 658 students
- ALTHA PUBLIC SCHOOLCombined · 653 students
- BLOUNTSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 484 students
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined · 30 students
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 1 students
Nearby schools
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM7.9 mi · 30
- CALHOUN VIRTUAL FRANCHISE7.9 mi · 1
- BLOUNTSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL8.3 mi · 658
- BLOUNTSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.4 mi · 484
- ALTHA PUBLIC SCHOOL9.2 mi · 653
- LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL12.1 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 205 students in grades PK-08.
Is CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 15.7:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CARR ELEMENTARY & MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by CALHOUN in Calhoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.