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What's one thing CENTRAL SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
732
Combined
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165001813
CENTRAL SCHOOL
6180 CENTRAL SCHOOL RD, MILTON, FL 32570 · (850) 983-5640 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Florida public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
357 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 5% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 80 | 11% |
| Grade 9 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 11 | 71 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 50% smaller than its 8th grade class (80).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
48.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
44.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 44.2% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 41.5% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 CENTRAL SCHOOL
CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 732 | 48.8% | 46.0% |
| ALTHA PUBLIC SCHOOL ALTHA | 653 | 43.2% | 55.8% |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL EASTPOINT | 851 | 55.9% | 32.6% |
| PAXTON SCHOOL PAXTON | 783 | 60.4% | 64.7% |
| BAKER SCHOOL BAKER | 1,434 | 60.3% | 60.7% |
| POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL GRACEVILLE | 415 | 62.4% | 48.5% |
Matched among Florida K-12 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 CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #20 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #21 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #19 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #16 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #23 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #33 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #48 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.6% | #6 of 15 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
732
+130 (+22%) vs 2020
+166% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 732 | 45 | 16.3:1 | 49% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 55% (381) |
| 2022-23 | 643 | 46 | 14.0:1 | 53% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 43 | 14.0:1 | 46% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 49 | 12.3:1 | 61% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 51 | 10.9:1 | 63% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 66% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 35% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 18 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL SCHOOL
CENTRAL SCHOOL is a large school serving multiple grade levels in MILTON, Florida. Federal data show 732 students enrolled in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. Across combined schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 353.
SANTA ROSA enrolls 29,643 students, and its 38 schools include CENTRAL SCHOOL.
The share of White students at CENTRAL SCHOOL is 87%. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a ratio of 16.3 students per teacher, from 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Florida is 1.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at CENTRAL SCHOOL, 49% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public K-12 schools, CENTRAL SCHOOL outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
CENTRAL SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.0%) and its predicted rate (56.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
For the population of Santa Rosa County, median household income comes to about $91,922, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Rosa County counts 42 public schools with about 29,382 students.
About 7.5 miles separate CENTRAL SCHOOL from the closest public school, SANTA ROSA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 64.3% proficiency; CENTRAL SCHOOL posts 46.0%.
For locale, NCES codes CENTRAL SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 130 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.0 to 16.3 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at CENTRAL SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in MILTON
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 899 students
- BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 802 students
- W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 789 students
- EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 771 students
- AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 768 students
Other Central schools
16 other US public schools in 12 states are named Central. CENTRAL SCHOOL is the largest of the 17.
- Central SchoolHuntsville, AL · 610 students
- Central SchoolPLEASANT GROVE, UT · 596 students
- Central SchoolLemont, IL · 591 students
- Central SchoolGlencoe, IL · 561 students
- CentralEast Bridgewater, MA · 520 students
Nearby schools
- SANTA ROSA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE7.5 mi · 105
- MARTIN LUTHER KING MIDDLE SCHOOL8.0 mi · 621
- SANTA ROSA ONLINE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM8.1 mi · 22
- LEARNING ACADEMY OF SANTA ROSA8.2 mi · 62
- SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 151
- WALLACE LAKE K-88.3 mi · 1,061
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is CENTRAL SCHOOL?
CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 732 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
CENTRAL SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 16.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CENTRAL SCHOOL?
CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees CENTRAL SCHOOL?
CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by SANTA ROSA in Santa Rosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.