J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary schools in MIDDLEBURG, Florida, operated by CLAY, with 690 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

CLAY comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 39,116 students; J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clay County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.8%.

In the broader community, Clay County reports that median household income runs about $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students), J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 812 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 83% across the same window.

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