MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in ARCADIA, Florida, one of the schools within DESOTO. Current enrollment sits at 861 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

DESOTO runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,171 students. MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% White, 18% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, DeSoto County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 66% of students at MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.9%; this one delivers 41.8%.

In the broader community, DeSoto County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,417 per year, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, DeSoto County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,171 students), of which MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

DESOTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 929 (now 861). The White share of enrollment decreased from 27% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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