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What's the most underrated thing about FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA·NCES 120036000363
FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
18119 SW STATE ROAD 47, FORT WHITE, FL 32038 · (386) 344-6301 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
406 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 46 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
47.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What 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 54 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.9% | 53.1% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 644 | 63.0% | 46.7% |
| BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 687 | 64.6% | 45.5% |
| BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRONSON | 586 | 66.4% | 48.9% |
| DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 568 | 63.2% | 45.9% |
| LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYO | 546 | 65.6% | 65.5% |
| BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAN MATEO | 679 | 59.9% | 40.9% |
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 FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,497 of 2,136 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #1,357 of 2,149 ▼ 116 | #8 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #1,422 of 2,149 ▼ 160 | #5 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #883 of 2,267 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,547 of 2,077 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #1,310 of 2,108 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #793 of 2,188 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #1,203 of 1,374 | #6 of 6 |
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
644
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 644 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 63% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 646 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 69% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 66% (451) |
| 2020-21 | 631 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 63% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 672 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 69% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 70% (475) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 72% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 66% (411) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 35 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in FORT WHITE, Florida, is FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 644 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
The COLUMBIA system has 16 schools and 9,815 students.
The student body at FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 67% White. It is also 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 17.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 37. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 28% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
In Columbia County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $59,205 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Columbia County number 19, with about 9,815 students.
The closest school to FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within ten miles of FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 46.7% is below the 61.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 631 in 2020-21 and 644 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,789
Census ACS
Median income
$59,205
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,101 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
Nearby schools
- FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,101
- HIGH SPRINGS COMMUNITY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 902
- BELMONT ACADEMY10.3 mi · 828
- COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 585
- BRANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.6 mi · 712
- BRANFORD HIGH SCHOOL13.0 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 67% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLUMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.