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What's the biggest difference between J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
690
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030002729
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4965 COUNTY ROAD 218, MIDDLEBURG, FL 32068 · (904) 336-4075 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL690 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
534 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
49.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 57.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 690 | 77.4% | 53.8% |
| EAST MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SILVER SPRINGS | 631 | 80.7% | 46.9% |
| EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 771 | 72.5% | 50.3% |
| JAMES M. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROSS CITY | 563 | 71.9% | 57.0% |
| MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEYSTONE HEIGHTS | 544 | 69.5% | 68.3% |
| HUDSON PRIMARY ACADEMY HUDSON | 636 | 71.5% | 37.3% |
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 J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #1,140 of 2,136 | #22 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,328 of 2,149 ▼ 294 | #25 of 29 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,335 of 2,149 ▼ 283 | #26 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 690 | #737 of 2,267 | #14 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #66 of 2,077 | #9 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #1,857 of 2,108 | #27 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #223 of 2,188 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #708 of 1,374 | #8 of 15 |
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
690
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 690 | 56 | 12.3:1 | 77% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 79% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 100% (717) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 57 | 12.1:1 | 62% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 812 | 66 | 12.3:1 | 76% (615) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 65 | 11.2:1 | 64% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 58 | 13.4:1 | 74% (571) |
| 2000-01 | 1,074 | 61 | 17.6:1 | 43% (465) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 40 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in MIDDLEBURG, Florida, attend J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 690 students are in pre-K through 6.
CLAY oversees J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 49 other schools, with 39,116 students in total.
White students are the large majority at J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 83% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Clay County, the White share is about 70%. J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.3:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The school counts 534 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 77%. For comparison, public schools in Clay County average 54%.
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (53.8% versus 42.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Within Clay County, median household income is about $87,820, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 55 public schools in Clay County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,806.
WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.9%; J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 53.8%, ranking 8th of 9.
NCES describes the area around J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 692 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 690.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in MIDDLEBURG
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,047 students
- RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 768 students
- WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
- CLAY CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 693 students
- COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 587 students
Nearby schools
- WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 711
- MIDDLEBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 581
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOL5.4 mi · 1,866
- CLAY CHARTER ACADEMY5.7 mi · 693
- CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 426
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 1,047
Frequently asked questions
About J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 690 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 83% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.