Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY·NCES 120117001207
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
16864 NE SR 65, HOSFORD, FL 32334 · (850) 379-8480 · Liberty County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
126 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
68.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 down about 1 points.
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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
302
-129 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.6:1
% White
90%
was 93%
% Hispanic
6%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized primary school in HOSFORD, Florida, overseen by LIBERTY. Current enrollment sits at 302 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 50% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
LIBERTY comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,264 students; HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Liberty County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 59.8%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Liberty County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,671 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Liberty County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,264 students), of which HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: W. R. TOLAR K-8 SCHOOL, around 10.7 miles off. On composite proficiency, HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Five-year trend. HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 30% since 2018, when it stood at 431 (now 302). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
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Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,687
Census ACS
Median income
$58,671
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,264 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LIBERTY
- W. R. TOLAR K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 336 students
- LIBERTY EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 68 students
- APALACHICOLA FOREST YOUTH ACADEMYCombined · 23 students
- LIBERTY WILDERNESS CROSSROADSCombined · 15 students
- LIBERTY VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 7 students
Nearby schools
- W. R. TOLAR K-8 SCHOOL10.7 mi · 513
- LIBERTY EARLY LEARNING CENTER11.0 mi · 68
- LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL11.2 mi · 336
- LIBERTY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE11.2 mi · 7
- WEST GADSDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL12.9 mi · 314
- GADSDEN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL12.9 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HOSFORD ELEMENTARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LIBERTY.
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