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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030008437
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY
1417 RED APPLE RD, MIDDLEBURG, FL 32068 · (904) 406-1607 · Clay County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
98 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 11% smaller than its 8th grade class (81).
Student demographics
72%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
56.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 53.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 74% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY's state test result (57.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY this school | 693 | 14.1% | 57.8% |
| CREEKSIDE CHARTER ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 887 | 18.6% | 59.8% |
| LITERACY LEADERSHIP TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY SOUTH BAY RUSKIN | 813 | 9.5% | 51.3% |
| SOUTHSHORE CHARTER ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 1,230 | 14.3% | 50.6% |
| RAMPELLO K-8 MAGNET SCHOOL TAMPA | 782 | 26.7% | 72.5% |
| WEST BROWARD ACADEMY MARGATE | 770 | 7.0% | 48.0% |
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 CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #968 of 2,136 | #18 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #1,017 of 2,149 ▲ 229 | #17 of 29 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #995 of 2,149 ▲ 170 | #18 of 29 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #726 of 2,267 | #13 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,686 of 2,077 | #28 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #72 of 2,108 | #4 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #2,078 of 2,188 | #29 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +52.3% | #52 of 621 | #1 of 12 |
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
693
-151 (-18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 693 | 38.5 | 18.0:1 | 14% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 17 | 40.8:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2020-21 | 844 | 53 | 15.9:1 | 6% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 41 | 11.1:1 | 23% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 4% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY.
About CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY runs as a mid-sized elementary school in MIDDLEBURG, Florida. It had 693 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 8.
CLAY counts 39,116 students in its 50 schools, and CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY is one of them.
The biggest share of students at CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY, 33%, is Black. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 25% White, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 12% Black among all Clay County residents. The diversity index for CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 18.0:1 is based on 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 17.5:1. In all, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Clay County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY would score about 74.1%. It scores 57.8%, a bottom-10% result among Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Clay County area, the median household earns about $87,820 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY shares Clay County with 54 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY is 8th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY is run as a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 844 to 693, an 18% decline. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.0:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in MIDDLEBURG
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,047 students
- RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 768 students
- WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
- J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
- COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 587 students
Nearby schools
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,047
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,866
- DISCOVERY OAKS ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 915
- COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 587
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 2,307
- OAKLEAF JUNIOR HIGH3.8 mi · 906
Frequently asked questions
About CLAY CHARTER ACADEMYHow many students attend CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY?
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY enrolls approximately 693 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY serve?
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY.
How diverse is CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY?
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY reports a student body of 25% White, 31% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY public or private?
CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.