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Enrollment
740
Elementary
DISTRICT 993 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLAGLER·NCES 120054002558
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY
4550 BELLE TERRE PKWY, PALM COAST, FL 32164 · (386) 446-6720 · Flagler County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
344 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 8 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
57.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
63.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.3% | 63.8% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 62.5% |
% 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
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY this school | 740 | 46.5% | 59.2% |
| PINELLAS ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE LARGO | 817 | 46.1% | 55.4% |
| SPRING PARK ELEMENTARY GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 698 | 48.7% | 64.7% |
| FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 786 | 49.9% | 57.2% |
| ROY ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 619 | 45.4% | 49.9% |
| HIGHLANDS GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 691 | 50.1% | 66.5% |
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 LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Flagler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #906 of 2,136 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #921 of 2,149 ▼ 75 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #961 of 2,149 ▼ 70 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 740 | #591 of 2,267 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #113 of 2,077 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #418 of 2,108 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.5% | #1,400 of 2,188 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #471 of 1,374 | #1 of 6 |
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
740
-83 (-10%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 740 | 58 | 12.8:1 | 46% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 58 | 12.8:1 | 57% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 68% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 56 | 14.7:1 | 59% (485) |
| 2017-18 | 931 | 58 | 16.1:1 | 69% (647) |
| 2015-16 | 924 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 70% (644) |
| 2010-11 | 1,025 | 74 | 13.8:1 | 69% (709) |
| 2000-01 | 863 | 45 | 19.2:1 | 41% (357) |
| 1990-91 | 766 | 45 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY.
About LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in PALM COAST, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 740 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 23% bigger than that.
Across its 11 schools, FLAGLER enrolls 13,521 students. LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
At LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY, the largest share of students is White, at 49%. Next come 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 75% White. LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 58 full-time equivalents, or about 12.8 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 12.8:1 here. About 46% of students, or 344, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Flagler County average 38%.
The allk12 Grade for LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is B-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 53% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Florida, LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 59.2% actual against a predicted 57.9%.
Census estimates describe Flagler County this way: the median household income is $77,363, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Flagler County has 13 public schools and roughly 13,521 students.
BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY's average proficiency of 59.2% compares with 56.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY's enrollment dropped 10%, to 740. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.7:1 to 12.8:1.
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Flagler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
126,528
Census ACS
Median income
$77,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
13,521 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FLAGLER
- FLAGLER-PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,533 students
- MATANZAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,102 students
- INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,438 students
- BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,310 students
- BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,288 students
- BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in PALM COAST
- FLAGLER-PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,533 students
- MATANZAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,102 students
- INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,438 students
- BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,310 students
- BELLE TERRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,288 students
- RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 967 students
Nearby schools
- BUDDY TAYLOR MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,310
- RYMFIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 967
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT TOWN CENTER3.4 mi · 885
- INDIAN TRAILS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,438
- FLAGLER-PALM COAST HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 2,533
- IFLAGLER-VIRTUAL FRANCHISE3.9 mi · 178
Frequently asked questions
About LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 740 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY serve?
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.8:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
At LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 49% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY?
LEWIS E. WADSWORTH ELEMENTARY is overseen by FLAGLER in Flagler County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.