LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in SHALIMAR, Florida, operated by OKALOOSA, works with 555 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within OKALOOSA, which oversees 49 schools and 32,120 students, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Okaloosa County (around 50%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.8%, the actual is 34.8%, a residual of -8.0 points.

In the broader community, Okaloosa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $81,998 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Okaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students).

Nearest neighbor: CLIFFORD MEIGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 5%, going from 585 students in 2018 to 555 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 69% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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