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What's one thing OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM·NCES 120162001056
OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
299 N STATE ROAD 21, HAWTHORNE, FL 32640 · (352) 481-0204 · Putnam County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
208 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
35.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
37.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 37.2% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 388 | 53.6% | 38.2% |
| PELICAN ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBASTIAN | 354 | 53.7% | 58.3% |
| ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL PALM BAY | 339 | 54.3% | 51.1% |
| WHITEHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 380 | 52.1% | 62.9% |
| MAMIE AGNES JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 399 | 55.1% | 45.5% |
| HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCKLEDGE | 480 | 55.6% | 56.2% |
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 OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,883 of 2,136 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,984 of 2,149 ▼ 67 | #8 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #1,923 of 2,149 ▼ 189 | #9 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #1,801 of 2,267 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,603 of 2,077 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #718 of 2,108 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #1,147 of 2,188 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.7% | #356 of 621 | #4 of 6 |
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
388
+38 (+11%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 388 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 54% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 81% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 64% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 60% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 68% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 76% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 84% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 71% (383) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In HAWTHORNE, Florida, OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 388 students. The school's enrollment is 36% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
PUTNAM counts 10,082 students in its 18 schools, and OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
A majority of students at OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 56%, are White. The next largest groups are 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 11% multiracial. The school's White share is 15 points below the 71% share among Putnam County residents. OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 22 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 17.6:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 17.5:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 54% of enrollment. Across public schools in Putnam County, the average is about the same, 55%.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 54.3%. OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 38.2%, 16.1 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Putnam County show that median household income is about $47,934, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 19 public schools in Putnam County.
CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 4.4 miles from OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 51.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 350 students in 2020-21 and 388 in 2024-25, an 11% rise.
The OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,164
Census ACS
Median income
$47,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
10,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM
- PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,056 students
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 999 students
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
- ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
Other schools in HAWTHORNE
- HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 472 students
- CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 282
- HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 472
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 353
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL8.8 mi · 999
- ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 844
- KEYSTONE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY10.3 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PUTNAM.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.