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How has HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
780
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMILTON·NCES 120072000873
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5686 US HIGHWAY 129 S, JASPER, FL 32052 · (386) 792-8000 · Hamilton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL780 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
647 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 80 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 132 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
41.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
41.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 41.7% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 44.8% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 780 | 82.9% | 40.6% |
| HOLLY HILL ELEMENTARY HOLLY HILL | 601 | 82.4% | 32.7% |
| PHILIP O'BRIEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 625 | 80.3% | 29.7% |
| SPOOK HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WALES | 574 | 83.4% | 40.2% |
| LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 576 | 77.6% | 39.3% |
| GARDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 652 | 74.4% | 48.9% |
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 HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,779 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #1,867 of 2,149 ▼ 235 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #1,696 of 2,149 ▼ 215 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 780 | #514 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,664 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #153 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #93 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #472 of 1,374 |
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
780
-46 (-6%) vs 2020
+87% since 1990-91, when it was 417
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 780 | 43.6 | 17.9:1 | 83% (647) |
| 2023-24 | 759 | 42 | 18.1:1 | 89% (678) |
| 2022-23 | 741 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 85% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 77% (634) |
| 2017-18 | 981 | 58 | 16.9:1 | 79% (777) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 27 | 18.3:1 | 76% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 76% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 74% (403) |
| 1990-91 | 417 | 24 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in JASPER, Florida. The school's 780 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in HAMILTON, a system of 5 schools with 1,618 students.
The most common group at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 33%. Other groups make up 33% Black, 26% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Hamilton County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.9:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 1.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.6% actual, 39.6% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hamilton County show that the median household income is $50,144, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Besides HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hamilton County has 6 other public schools.
HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 6% from 2020-21, when HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 826 students, to 2024-25, when it had 780. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.9:1, from 16.5:1.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,616
Census ACS
Median income
$50,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,618 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAMILTON
- HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 808 students
- OAK GROVE ACADEMYHigh · 28 students
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined · 1 students
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined · 1 students
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
- TEEN PARENT PROGRAM PKElementary
Other schools in JASPER
- HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 808 students
- OAK GROVE ACADEMYHigh · 28 students
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined · 1 students
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined · 1 students
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
- TEEN PARENT PROGRAM PKElementary
Nearby schools
- HAMILTON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 808
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)0.2 mi · 1
- HAMILTON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.2 mi · 1
- OAK GROVE ACADEMY3.3 mi · 28
- SUWANNEE HIGH SCHOOL13.9 mi · 1,167
- SUWANNEE SPRINGCREST ELEMENTARY14.0 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 780 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 33% White, 26% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HAMILTON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HAMILTON.
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