HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL

HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in KEY WEST, Florida, part of MONROE. Current enrollment sits at 1,011 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 67% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL is one of 22 schools operated by MONROE, a district that works with 8,928 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 29% Black, 17% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.7%; this one delivers 39.4%.

Across the wider county, Monroe County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,738 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Monroe County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students), HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

KEYS CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 51.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORACE O'BRYANT SCHOOL has ticked down 10%, going from 1,120 students in 2018 to 1,011 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 26% to 17% over that span.

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