OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact elementary school in HAWTHORNE, Florida, overseen by PUTNAM. Current enrollment sits at 388 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 36% below that benchmark.

Within PUTNAM, which oversees 18 schools and 10,082 students, OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.3%; this one comes in at 38.2%, -16.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Putnam County) shows that median household income runs about $47,934, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Putnam County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,082 students), OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 4.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 357 (now 388). Class-load math has rose: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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