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JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the big primary schools in SPRING HILL, Florida, operated by HERNANDO, with 920 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 29 schools in HERNANDO (23,734 students total), JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.
On the income-and-resources front, JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -2.1 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Hernando County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,058 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in Hernando County (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students).
The closest other public school is PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 5%, going from 965 students in 2018 to 920 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 25% to 40%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the JOHN D. FLOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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