FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit K-5 school in LAKE CITY, Florida, run under COLUMBIA, serves 349 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 42% leaner than typical.

COLUMBIA runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 9,815 students. FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Columbia County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 40.4%.

Zooming out to the county, Columbia County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,205, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Columbia County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,815 students), of which FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.0%.

FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 418 (now 349). Over the same period, the White share fell from 63% to 56%. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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