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What's something CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030000319
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1 S OAKRIDGE AVE, GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL 32043 · (904) 336-0475 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
12.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
436 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (82).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
47.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.6pp since 2023
Math
50.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.7pp 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 50 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 50.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 40.5% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 564 | 77.3% | 44.0% |
| MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 554 | 82.7% | 50.2% |
| ELLIOTT POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 583 | 74.6% | 50.2% |
| TAYLOR COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL PERRY | 574 | 74.0% | N/A |
| SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 523 | 81.3% | 45.3% |
| SCHRADER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 572 | 71.0% | 40.2% |
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 CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,641 of 2,136 | #28 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,551 of 2,149 ▲ 254 | #27 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,442 of 2,149 ▲ 268 | #28 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #1,166 of 2,267 | #21 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #121 of 2,077 | #15 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #861 of 2,108 | #16 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.3% | #224 of 2,188 | #3 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #423 of 1,374 | #4 of 15 |
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
564
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 813
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 564 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 77% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 77% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 624 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 46 | 13.2:1 | 63% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 79% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | 67 | 12.4:1 | 65% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 76% (558) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 57 | 15.2:1 | 60% (518) |
| 1990-91 | 813 | 49 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Florida, (ZIP code 32043). The school serves 564 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
The CLAY system has 50 schools and 39,116 students.
A majority of students at CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 58%, are White. The remaining shares are 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 8% multiracial. Clay County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. By the diversity index, CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 60%.
Federal staffing data show 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 12.8:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 77% of students. On average, public schools in Clay County report 54%.
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.0%, compared with a predicted 42.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Clay County show that median household income is about $87,820, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. A total of 55 public schools operate in Clay County, serving about 38,806 students.
The closest other public school is GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 72.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 607 to 564 over 4 years.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
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- GREEN COVE SPRINGS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 793
- R. C. BANNERMAN LEARNING CENTER0.7 mi · 211
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- SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY2.6 mi · 698
- SWITZERLAND POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.9 mi · 1,282
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CLAY in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.