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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030003036
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6770 COUNTY ROAD 315 C, KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, FL 32656 · (352) 336-6125 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
378 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
66.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 22 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
544
+2 (+0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.6:1
% White
87%
was 91%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized primary school in KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Florida, part of CLAY. Current enrollment sits at 544 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.
Across the 50 schools in CLAY (39,116 students total), MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Clay County's rate of about 54%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 68.3%, a residual of +22.0 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household earnings sit near $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Clay County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students), MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY, roughly 7.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.1%.
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 542 students in 2018 compared to 544 in 2025.
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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
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 779 students
Nearby schools
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY7.4 mi · 779
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH7.6 mi · 1,139
- Q.I. ROBERTS JR. - SR. HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 537
- FLORIDA YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY9.9 mi · 17
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 353
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL13.1 mi · 999
Frequently asked questions
About MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.