1
What do students at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
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
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
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
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 | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 71.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 67.9% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 539 | 56.4% | 70.0% |
| KINGSWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 579 | 54.6% | 49.0% |
| SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 615 | 53.3% | 51.0% |
| BELCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 467 | 58.5% | 61.5% |
| VOLUSIA PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE HELEN | 477 | 56.2% | 59.2% |
| SABAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 493 | 58.4% | 42.2% |
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 FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #465 of 2,136 | #6 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #589 of 2,149 ▲ 26 | #8 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #439 of 2,149 ▼ 68 | #6 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #1,269 of 2,267 | #15 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,538 of 2,077 | #15 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #318 of 2,108 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #1,032 of 2,188 | #13 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #1,273 of 1,374 | #14 of 16 |
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
539
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 539 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 56% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 51% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 52% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 54% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 57% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 62% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 47% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 35% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 34 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in MARY ESTHER, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 539 students.
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 49 schools: OKALOOSA, with 32,120 students.
Enrollment at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 13% Black. In Okaloosa County overall, about 72% of residents are White. By the diversity index, FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 68%.
The count of teachers at FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 31 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.4:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. Around 56% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida schools. It scores 70.0%; the prediction is 52.9%.
Okaloosa County census figures show that median household income is about $81,998, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 51 public schools in Okaloosa County.
The closest public school to FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is OKALOOSA ACADEMY, about 3.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for FLOROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Mid-size, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 568 to 539. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 17.4:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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.