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Enrollment
814
Elementary
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001334
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
501 4TH AVE, CRESTVIEW, FL 32536 · (850) 689-7252 · Okaloosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
581 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 | 23 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
54.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.9% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 60.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% 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 16 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 →
Schools most like NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 814 | 71.4% | 61.5% |
| SOUTH WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKTON | 700 | 71.0% | 48.8% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 754 | 70.7% | 46.6% |
| BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARKE | 745 | 67.9% | 55.2% |
| WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 704 | 70.0% | 65.2% |
| CHIEFLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHIEFLAND | 725 | 66.5% | 47.7% |
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 NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #799 of 2,136 | #11 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #939 of 2,149 ▼ 14 | #10 of 20 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,067 of 2,149 ▼ 281 | #13 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #438 of 2,267 | #7 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,418 of 2,077 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #913 of 2,108 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #407 of 2,188 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #1,186 of 1,374 | #12 of 16 |
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
814
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 814 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 71% (581) |
| 2023-24 | 840 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 64% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 828 | 48 | 17.3:1 | 63% (524) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 59% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 852 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 61% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 58% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 671 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 53% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 408 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 63% (259) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in OKALOOSA, located in CRESTVIEW, Florida. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 814 students. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 35% higher.
OKALOOSA enrolls 32,120 students in 49 schools, including NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
White students are 59% of those enrolled at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 12% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Okaloosa County's population at about 72%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.0 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 71% of the student body. That is 21 points above the 50% average for public schools in Okaloosa County.
In Florida, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.5% compared with a predicted 45.4%.
The school's county is Okaloosa County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $81,998 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Okaloosa County number 51, with about 32,120 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, EMERALD COAST CAREER INSTITUTE N, is the closest to NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 5 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 823 in 2020-21 and 814 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Other schools in CRESTVIEW
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,032 students
- ANTIOCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 931 students
- SHOAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 923 students
- WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 875 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 25.
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHILTON, NY · 719 students
- Northwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 641 students
- Northwood ElementaryMarysville, OH · 617 students
- Northwood Elementary SchoolRoswell, GA · 576 students
Nearby schools
- EMERALD COAST CAREER INSTITUTE N0.1 mi · 27
- RICHBOURG SCHOOL0.1 mi · 68
- BOB SIKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 794
- SOUTHSIDE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 260
- OKALOOSA ONLINE NON FRANCHISED1.4 mi · 581
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,376
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 814 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 11% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OKALOOSA in Okaloosa County.
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