NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized primary school in CRESTVIEW, Florida, one of the schools within OKALOOSA, works with 814 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 49 schools in OKALOOSA (32,120 students total), NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. By comparison, Okaloosa County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Okaloosa County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.4%; NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 61.5%, +16.1 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Okaloosa County reports that median household income runs about $81,998, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Okaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students).

EMERALD COAST CAREER INSTITUTE N is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 60.3%.

NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 814). Over the same period, the White share declined from 65% to 59%.

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