1
What's one thing MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,056
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM·NCES 120162001809
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1020 HUNTINGTON RD, CRESCENT CITY, FL 32112 · (386) 698-1238 · Putnam County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,056 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
21.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
635 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 175 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 142 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (142).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
39.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.2% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 38.1% |
% 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
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,056 | 60.1% | 37.9% |
| CITRUS RIDGE A CIVICS ACADEMY DAVENPORT | 1,108 | 59.1% | 36.5% |
| ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,041 | 66.0% | 64.7% |
| HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 814 | 61.3% | 47.2% |
| MARION OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 1,196 | 65.6% | 39.5% |
| TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,172 | 57.5% | 35.2% |
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 MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,898 of 2,136 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,948 of 2,149 ▼ 64 | #7 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,807 of 2,149 ▼ 52 | #7 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,056 | #167 of 2,267 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #2,015 of 2,077 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #1,041 of 2,108 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #904 of 2,188 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #392 of 621 | #5 of 6 |
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
1,056
+188 (+22%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 888
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 1,056 | 48.7 | 21.7:1 | 60% (635) |
| 2023-24 | 1,053 | 50.1 | 21.0:1 | 80% (845) |
| 2022-23 | 1,046 | 47 | 22.3:1 | 70% (735) |
| 2020-21 | 868 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 62% (538) |
| 2017-18 | 987 | 50 | 19.7:1 | 72% (709) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 80% (656) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 93% (684) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 90% (623) |
| 1990-91 | 888 | 47 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in CRESCENT CITY, Florida, MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 1,056 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
PUTNAM includes 18 schools. Together they enroll 10,082 students.
Hispanic students are 59% of those enrolled at MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 27% White, 11% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Putnam County's population at about 11%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 48.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 21.7:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Of all students at MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 60% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Florida public elementary schools.
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 13.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.9% versus 51.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
The school's county is Putnam County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $47,934, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Putnam County's 19 public schools enroll about 10,082 students and include MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL, is about 2.4 miles. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.4%; MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 37.9%, ranking 4th of 6.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school grew from 868 students in 2020-21 to 1,056 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.7:1 to 21.7:1.
This page is set up for the MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,164
Census ACS
Median income
$47,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
10,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM
- PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 999 students
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
- ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
- BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
Other schools in CRESCENT CITY
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
Nearby schools
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 945
- BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.3 mi · 679
- PIERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.9 mi · 534
- T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL13.9 mi · 1,044
- TEEN PARENT PK CHILD CARE PROGRAM15.7 mi · 2
- PUTNAM VIRTUAL FRANCHISE15.7 mi · 22
Frequently asked questions
About MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,056 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 21.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 27% White, 59% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PUTNAM.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.