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Which teacher or staff member at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030000325
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2634 COUNTY ROAD 220, MIDDLEBURG, FL 32068 · (904) 336-0975 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
341 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
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
54.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 65.1% |
% 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
57.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 545 | 62.6% | 57.7% |
| PEACE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 557 | 63.2% | 38.6% |
| RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE PARK | 592 | 66.0% | 59.2% |
| DR. W.J. CREEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 542 | 63.3% | 34.2% |
| COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 587 | 63.7% | 51.4% |
| WOODWARD AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 532 | 63.2% | 51.3% |
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 DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #969 of 2,136 | #19 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,197 of 2,149 ▼ 457 | #21 of 29 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #1,090 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #21 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #1,245 of 2,267 | #22 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #124 of 2,077 | #16 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #681 of 2,108 | #12 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #807 of 2,188 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #645 of 1,374 | #7 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
545
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,031
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 545 | 42.4 | 12.8:1 | 63% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 39.6 | 14.4:1 | 63% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 580 | 41.6 | 13.9:1 | 99% (577) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 42 | 12.8:1 | 42% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 56% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 55% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 41% (323) |
| 2000-01 | 833 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 41% (340) |
| 1990-91 | 1,031 | 55 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in MIDDLEBURG, Florida. The school enrolls 545 students, from pre-K through 6.
CLAY is responsible for 50 schools, DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 39,116 students in all.
White students make up a majority at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 55%. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Clay County overall, about 70% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.8:1. That is 4.6 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 63%. On average, public schools in Clay County report 54%.
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.7%, compared with a predicted 49.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Clay County, the median household income is $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clay County is home to 55 public schools and about 38,806 public school students.
Nearby, PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS CLAY is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
In the federal locale system, DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (539) to 2024-25 (545).
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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
- CLAY CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 693 students
- J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
Nearby schools
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS CLAY0.6 mi · 50
- RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 768
- SWIMMING PEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 496
- COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 587
- RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 592
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,792
Frequently asked questions
About DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 545 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 21% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.