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Enrollment
400
Combined
DISTRICT 166 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON·NCES 120096001078
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL
5539 BROWN ST, GRACEVILLE, FL 32440 · (850) 263-4451 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Florida public K-12 schools
- C-Test 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
257 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 34 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 19 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (34).
Student demographics
61%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
43.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 34.0% |
% 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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 GRACEVILLE SCHOOL
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRACEVILLE SCHOOL this school | 400 | 64.3% | 41.1% |
| MALONE SCHOOL MALONE | 559 | 54.9% | 61.5% |
| JEFFERSON SCHOOLS K-12 MONTICELLO | 669 | 73.7% | 38.2% |
| LAUREL HILL SCHOOL LAUREL HILL | 432 | 69.2% | 54.5% |
| VILLAGE ACADEMY ON THE ART & SARA JO KOBACKER CAMPUS DELRAY BEACH | 648 | 82.9% | 40.7% |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL EASTPOINT | 851 | 55.9% | 32.6% |
Matched among Florida K-12 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 GRACEVILLE SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #21 of 25 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #22 of 25 ▲ 2 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #23 of 25 ▼ 2 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #26 of 180 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #13 of 40 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #17 of 42 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #25 of 74 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.0% | #4 of 15 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
400
-121 (-23%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 64% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 67% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 32.7 | 14.1:1 | 61% (281) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 64% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 57% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 325 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 77% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 18 | 20.5:1 | 57% (210) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 52% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRACEVILLE SCHOOL.
About GRACEVILLE SCHOOL
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL sits in GRACEVILLE, Florida, and is classified as a combined-grade school. School enrollment was 400 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 12.
JACKSON is responsible for 18 schools, GRACEVILLE SCHOOL included, with 5,839 students in all.
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL is 53% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Jackson County overall, about 25% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 61% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 31 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.7:1 average for combined schools in Florida. The school's lunch program data list 64% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Jackson County average 53%.
allk12 grades GRACEVILLE SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 49.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jackson County show that the median household income is $49,149, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GRACEVILLE SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is THE DOVE (DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES THRU VOC. ED.), at about 1.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 50.8%, higher than GRACEVILLE SCHOOL's 41.1%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at GRACEVILLE SCHOOL declined 23% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 521 to 400 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,250
Census ACS
Median income
$49,149
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
5,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JACKSON
- MARIANNA K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,685 students
- MARIANNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 652 students
- SNEADS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 574 students
- MALONE SCHOOLCombined · 559 students
- COTTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 471 students
- COTTONDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 419 students
Other schools in GRACEVILLE
- POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 415 students
- THE DOVE (DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES THRU VOC. ED.)High · 38 students
Nearby schools
- THE DOVE (DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES THRU VOC. ED.)1.6 mi · 38
- POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 415
- Slocomb High School10.4 mi · 354
- Slocomb Middle School10.4 mi · 265
- Rehobeth High School10.6 mi · 786
- Rehobeth Middle School10.6 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About GRACEVILLE SCHOOLHow large is GRACEVILLE SCHOOL?
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-12.
Is GRACEVILLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does GRACEVILLE SCHOOL have?
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at GRACEVILLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GRACEVILLE SCHOOL are roughly 32% White, 9% Hispanic, 53% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is GRACEVILLE SCHOOL in?
GRACEVILLE SCHOOL is part of JACKSON.
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