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Enrollment
977
Elementary
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138003735
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
1123 HOSPITAL RD, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32547 · (850) 833-3321 · Okaloosa County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL977 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Florida public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
16.3:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
213 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 111 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (106).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
79.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
88.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.6% | 88.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.5% | 81.7% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL this school | 977 | 21.8% | 82.0% |
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIERA | 910 | 20.0% | 83.8% |
| PARRISH CHARTER ACADEMY PARRISH | 891 | 23.2% | 56.2% |
| LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,069 | 23.2% | 79.4% |
| JULINGTON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 923 | 19.8% | 79.9% |
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
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 LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #100 of 2,136 | #1 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #70 of 2,149 ▲ 115 | #1 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #163 of 2,149 ▼ 15 | #1 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 977 | #215 of 2,267 | #2 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,211 of 2,077 | #4 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #1,324 of 2,108 | #18 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,973 of 2,188 | #20 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #259 of 621 | N/A |
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
977
+142 (+17%) vs 2020
+22% since 2010-11, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 977 | 60 | 16.3:1 | 22% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 977 | 60 | 16.3:1 | 23% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 971 | N/A | N/A | 19% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 9% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 22% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 24% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 56 | 14.3:1 | 18% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
About LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL, located in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, is a large elementary school. The school reports 977 students in kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 62% bigger than that.
OKALOOSA counts 32,120 students in its 49 schools, and LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL is one of them.
White students make up a majority at LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL, at 68%. The remaining students are 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Okaloosa County is about 72% White. LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 60 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.3:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 22%. Public schools in Okaloosa County average 50%.
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 94% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 70.3%. LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL scores 82.0%.
Okaloosa County has these Census figures: the median household income is $81,998, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Okaloosa County is home to 51 public schools and about 32,120 public school students.
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Federal records list LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL as a charter school.
The school enrolled 977 students in 2024-25, 142 more than the 835 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Other schools in FORT WALTON BEACH
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- ELLIOTT POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
Nearby schools
- W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 721
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,720
- OKALOOSA TECHNICAL COLLEGE1.3 mi · 42
- WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 609
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 471
- SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN2.6 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOLHow large is LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 977 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL serve?
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL have?
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL?
At LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL in?
LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL is part of OKALOOSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.