NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the small primary schools in NOCATEE, Florida, run under DESOTO, with 475 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

DESOTO comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,171 students; NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 25% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeSoto County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.9%; this one delivers 44.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for DeSoto County shows median household earnings sit near $54,417, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 11 public schools in DeSoto County (combined enrollment of about 4,171 students).

Nearest neighbor: MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 4.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.2%.

NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. NOCATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 28% since 2018, when it stood at 664 (now 475). White enrollment moved from 45% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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