GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 5855 COLLEGE RD, in KEY WEST, Florida, GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school that serves 674 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by MONROE.

Across the 22 schools in MONROE (8,928 students total), GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 17% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Monroe County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 39.9%.

Across the wider county, Monroe County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,738, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Monroe County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students), of which GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. 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), GERALD ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 13%: 597 students in 2018 compared to 674 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 30% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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