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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 687 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165001824
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
13833 ALABAMA ST, JAY, FL 32565 · (850) 359-8230 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
294 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→JAY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SANTA ROSA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
73.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 71.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 472 | 62.3% | 64.2% |
| HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMOSASSA | 405 | 64.0% | 57.1% |
| MIDDLEBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 581 | 65.4% | 61.3% |
| MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEYSTONE HEIGHTS | 544 | 69.5% | 68.3% |
| OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLD TOWN | 517 | 70.8% | 71.1% |
| SPRING CREEK CHARTER SCHOOL PAISLEY | 606 | 64.9% | 50.6% |
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 JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #676 of 2,136 | #9 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #497 of 2,149 ▼ 13 | #5 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #860 of 2,149 ▼ 235 | #10 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #1,527 of 2,267 | #17 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,013 of 2,077 | #14 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #1,990 of 2,108 | #18 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.3% | #817 of 2,188 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #1,124 of 1,374 | #11 of 11 |
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
472
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 472 | 30 | 15.7:1 | 62% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 63% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 63% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 48% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 57% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 52% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 48% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 40% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in JAY, Florida, and it is part of SANTA ROSA. The student body numbers 472 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 22% smaller than that.
SANTA ROSA includes 38 schools. Together they enroll 29,643 students.
Federal enrollment data show JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 92% White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Santa Rosa County, the White share is about 80%. Pick two students at random and there is a 16% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.7:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 62% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 18 points above the 44% average for public schools in Santa Rosa County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +14.2 points, in the top 10% of Florida. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.2%, and the predicted rate is 50.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Rosa County show that the median household income is $91,922, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 42 public schools in Santa Rosa County, enrolling about 29,382 students in all.
The closest public school, JAY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles from JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within ten miles: 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 51.1%; JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 64.2%, ranking 3rd of 9.
NCES describes the area around JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 4% from its 2020-21 level of 493. The ratio was 12.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in JAY
- JAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 498 students
- CHUMUCKLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 371 students
Other Jay Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Jay Elementary. JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jay Elementary SchoolJay, OK · 538 students
Nearby schools
- JAY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 498
- Flomaton Elementary School7.9 mi · 388
- Flomaton High School8.1 mi · 559
- PollardMcCall Junior High School8.3 mi · 200
- BYRNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INC.10.1 mi · 193
- W S Neal Middle School11.3 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-06.
Is JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SANTA ROSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.