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CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in CHIEFLAND, Florida, overseen by LEVY, with 725 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% bigger than the state mean of about 604.
Across the 12 schools in LEVY (5,554 students total), CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. The remainder consists of 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 47.7%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Levy County put median household income runs about $56,750, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Levy County (combined enrollment of about 5,554 students).
CHIEFLAND MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 796 (now 725). The White share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 70% over that span.
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