GRACEVILLE SCHOOL

GRACEVILLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized all-grades campus in GRACEVILLE, Florida, part of JACKSON, hosts 400 students, covering grades pre-K through 12.

Within JACKSON, which oversees 18 schools and 5,839 students, GRACEVILLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, GRACEVILLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting GRACEVILLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Jackson County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRACEVILLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Jackson County shows median household earnings sit near $49,149, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Jackson County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,839 students), GRACEVILLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

THE DOVE (DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES THRU VOC. ED.) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GRACEVILLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

GRACEVILLE SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. GRACEVILLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 400). The White share of enrollment fell from 42% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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