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What advice would you give to incoming students at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001350
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1700 W HIGHWAY 98, MARY ESTHER, FL 32569 · (850) 833-4381 · Okaloosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
304 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
70.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
71.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
539
-13 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 14.9:1
% White
47%
was 52%
% Hispanic
25%
was 15%
% Black
13%
was 13%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in MARY ESTHER, Florida, FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 539 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by OKALOOSA.
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 49 schools operated by OKALOOSA, a district that hosts 32,120 students overall.
On the student-mix side, FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 13% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 52.9%; this one delivers 70.0%, a residual of +17.1 points.
Around the school, census data for Okaloosa County shows median household earnings sit near $81,998, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Okaloosa County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students), of which FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: OKALOOSA ACADEMY, around 3.9 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 552 students in 2018 to 539 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 15% to 25%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Other schools in MARY ESTHER
- MARY ESTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 438 students
Nearby schools
- OKALOOSA ACADEMY3.9 mi · 115
- MARY ESTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 438
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL5.3 mi · 1,550
- ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 490
- SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN5.5 mi · 93
- MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 539 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 47% White, 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OKALOOSA in Okaloosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.