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EAST MILTON 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 48 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 down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in MILTON, Florida, EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus, operated by SANTA ROSA. It hosts 771 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.
SANTA ROSA runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 29,643 students. EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder comes out to 10% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 5% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Santa Rosa County's rate of about 44%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.3%.
In the area at large, census data for Santa Rosa County shows the typical household earns roughly $91,922 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Santa Rosa County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,382 students), EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is T. R. JACKSON PREK CENTER, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.1%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 748 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 84% to 74% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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