Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA·NCES 120036000365
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
837 NE BROADWAY AVE, LAKE CITY, FL 32055 · (386)755-8200 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
287 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2023-24 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
FL avg 52.9%
Math
62.1%
FL avg 55.7%
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 19 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 →
Where NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,162 of 2,136 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,003 of 2,149 | #4 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,462 of 2,149 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #1,977 of 2,267 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,293 of 2,077 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.5% | #1,828 of 2,108 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #23 of 2,188 | #1 of 9 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
307
+35 (+13%) vs 2017
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 550
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 11.8:1
% White
7%
was 5%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Black
83%
was 83%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 307 | 19.8 | 15.5:1 | 93% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 88% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 82% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 90% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 255 | 24 | 10.6:1 | 84% (213) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 32 | 10.4:1 | 92% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 91% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school located in LAKE CITY, Florida. In all, 307 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 49% below the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
COLUMBIA is made up of 16 schools with 9,815 students in all.
The share of Black students at NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 83%. The next largest groups are 7% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 66 points above the 16% share among Columbia County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 31%.
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1, with 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The school has 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Columbia County, the average is 55%.
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 34.3%, so the school is 19.0 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
In the wider Columbia County area, the median household earns about $59,205 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Columbia County with 18 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Distant, or in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 272 (2017-18) to 307 (2023-24). Students per teacher increased from 11.8 in 2017-18 to 15.5 in 2023-24.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,789
Census ACS
Median income
$59,205
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,101 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
Other schools in LAKE CITY
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 635
- PREK ESE1.2 mi · 7
- RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY1.3 mi · 455
- FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 349
- PATHWAYS ACADEMY1.7 mi · 94
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 307 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 3% Hispanic, 83% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
NIBLACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLUMBIA.
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