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Enrollment
779
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030000327
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
335 SW PECAN ST, KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL 32656 · (904) 336-1375 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL779 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
516 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (115).
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
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 64.7% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY this school | 779 | 66.2% | 58.8% |
| FORT MCCOY SCHOOL FORT MC COY | 931 | 68.4% | 42.2% |
| SPRING CREEK CHARTER SCHOOL PAISLEY | 606 | 64.9% | 50.6% |
| MIDDLEBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 581 | 65.4% | 61.3% |
| VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERNON | 621 | 65.5% | 47.6% |
| EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 771 | 72.5% | 50.3% |
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 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #927 of 2,136 | #16 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #890 of 2,149 ▼ 136 | #11 of 29 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #928 of 2,149 ▲ 143 | #17 of 29 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #519 of 2,267 | #6 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #153 of 2,077 | #17 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #1,855 of 2,108 | #26 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #627 of 2,188 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #1,347 of 1,374 | #15 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
779
-18 (-2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 932
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 779 | 59.5 | 13.1:1 | 66% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 55 | 14.9:1 | 64% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 100% (803) |
| 2020-21 | 797 | 64 | 12.4:1 | 49% (394) |
| 2017-18 | 784 | 59 | 13.3:1 | 64% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 60 | 14.3:1 | 62% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 54 | 13.7:1 | 53% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 763 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 30% (231) |
| 1990-91 | 932 | 50 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
About KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Florida. The school serves 779 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
The 50 schools of CLAY, including KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, enroll 39,116 students.
White students are the large majority at KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, with 83% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Clay County overall, about 70% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 29%.
The school reports 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 66% of students. Among public schools in Clay County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is 48.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.8%.
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is located in Clay County, where median household income is about $87,820, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 55 public schools in Clay County, with a combined enrollment of about 38,806.
The closest public school, KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH, is about 0.2 miles from KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.4%; KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY's is 58.8%, ranking 4th of 8.
Federal data place KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (797) and 2024-25 (779).
Discussions about KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,139 students
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 544 students
Nearby schools
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH0.2 mi · 1,139
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 353
- MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 544
- CONSTELLATION CHARTER SCHOOL OF GAINESVILLE7.9 mi · 98
- OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.3 mi · 388
- BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.0 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 779 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY serve?
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 83% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY?
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY is overseen by CLAY in Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.