CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in OKEECHOBEE, Florida, part of OKEECHOBEE, with 571 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

OKEECHOBEE comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 6,206 students; CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 39% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Okeechobee County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 86% of students at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 40.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Okeechobee County put median household income runs about $57,984, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Okeechobee County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,206 students), CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

STUDENT SERV./SPECIAL PROGRAMS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 584 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 34% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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