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Enrollment
554
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON·NCES 120198002026
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
416 JOHN BALDWIN RD, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL 32433 · (850) 892-1260 · Walton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL554 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
458 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
55.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
57.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 52.6% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 554 | 82.7% | 50.2% |
| SOCRUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 523 | 81.3% | 45.3% |
| CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 564 | 77.3% | 44.0% |
| MOSSY HEAD SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 521 | 83.7% | 63.1% |
| GULF HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT RICHEY | 689 | 77.2% | 29.7% |
| FOX HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT RICHEY | 636 | 77.8% | 27.8% |
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 MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Walton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,324 of 2,136 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #1,225 of 2,149 ▲ 43 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,062 of 2,149 ▲ 165 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #1,206 of 2,267 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #56 of 2,077 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #721 of 2,108 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.7% | #104 of 2,188 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #1,188 of 1,374 | 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
554
+96 (+21%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 554 | 45.6 | 12.2:1 | 83% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 39.6 | 14.2:1 | 85% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 87% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 38 | 12.1:1 | 79% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 89% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 88% (592) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 84% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 48 | 15.9:1 | 76% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 39 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Florida, is MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 554 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
The WALTON system has 22 schools and 12,069 students.
At MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 55% of students are White. The remaining students are 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census figures show Walton County is about 84% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 62%.
Staffing at MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.2:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 83% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Walton County.
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Florida public elementary schools.
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.2%, compared with a predicted 39.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Walton County show that the median household earns about $81,986 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Walton County, 26 public schools serve about 12,069 students.
WALTON INITIATIVE FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION (WISE), about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 62.8%; MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 50.2%, ranking 4th of 4.
Under the NCES locale system, MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment increased 21% over 4 years, reaching 554 in 2024-25.
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Walton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,948
Census ACS
Median income
$81,986
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTON
- SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,127 students
- FREEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,120 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 969 students
- DUNE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 924 students
- VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 914 students
- EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 872 students
Other schools in DEFUNIAK SPRINGS
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 969 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
- WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- MOSSY HEAD SCHOOLElementary · 521 students
- WALTON INITIATIVE FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION (WISE)Combined · 264 students
- WALTON ACADEMY INC.High · 130 students
Nearby schools
- WALTON INITIATIVE FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION (WISE)0.5 mi · 264
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 969
- WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 704
- WALTON VIRTUAL SCHOOL WCSD2.5 mi · 7
- WALTON VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.5 mi · 21
- WALTON LEARNING CENTER2.5 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 554 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 21% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WALTON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.