OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY

Located at 4448 STRAIGHT LINE RD, in CRESTVIEW, Florida, OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY is an one-room-style high school that serves 39 students (grades 6 through 12), run under OKALOOSA. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 96% below typical.

OKALOOSA comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 32,120 students; OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 46% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Okaloosa County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Roughly 8% of students at OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Okaloosa County's rate of about 50%.

Around the school, census data for Okaloosa County shows median household income runs about $81,998, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Okaloosa County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students), of which OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: CRESTVIEW YOUTH ACADEMY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OKALOOSA YOUTH ACADEMY.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count fell 45%: 71 students in 2018 compared to 39 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share edged up from 31% to 51%.

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