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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030005773
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3460 COPPER COLTS CT, MIDDLEBURG, FL 32068 · (904) 336-0675 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% 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
12.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
374 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
63%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
53.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.6pp since 2023
What 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 49 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.1% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 587 | 63.7% | 51.4% |
| SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARY LIVE OAK | 615 | 64.2% | 61.1% |
| OSCEOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 639 | 65.7% | 67.2% |
| PORT MALABAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 628 | 63.9% | 53.0% |
| DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 545 | 62.6% | 57.7% |
| DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 542 | 63.3% | 34.2% |
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 COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,266 of 2,136 | #26 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,588 of 2,149 ▼ 435 | #29 of 29 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,156 of 2,149 ▼ 255 | #24 of 29 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #1,072 of 2,267 | #19 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #49 of 2,077 | #6 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #684 of 2,108 | #13 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #752 of 2,188 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.2% | #303 of 621 | #5 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
587
+124 (+27%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 712
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 587 | 49 | 12.0:1 | 64% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 63% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 43% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 40 | 13.1:1 | 61% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 39 | 12.5:1 | 59% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 45% (321) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in MIDDLEBURG, Florida. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 587 students.
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 50 schools: CLAY, with 39,116 students.
More than half of the students at COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (54%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 8% multiracial. In Clay County overall, about 70% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 49 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. There are 374 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 64% of enrollment. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Clay County is 10 points.
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of Florida public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +2.1 points: 51.4% actual, 49.2% predicted.
In Clay County, home to about 227,584 people, median household income comes to about $87,820, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Clay County's 55 public schools enroll about 38,806 students and include COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
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.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 587, up from 463 in 2020-21.
The COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- CLAY CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 693 students
- J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
Nearby schools
- RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 768
- DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 545
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,047
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS CLAY2.3 mi · 50
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,866
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,792
Frequently asked questions
About COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 587 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 54% White, 19% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COPPERGATE 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.