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What advice would you give to incoming students at OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DIXIE·NCES 120045000627
OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
221 SE 136TH AVE, OLD TOWN, FL 32680 · (352) 541-6253 · Dixie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
366 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
66.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
78.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
71.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% 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 25 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
517
-64 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.2:1
% White
93%
was 93%
% Hispanic
4%
was 4%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-tier elementary campus in OLD TOWN, Florida, part of DIXIE, instructs 517 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
DIXIE runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,435 students. OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Dixie County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, OLD TOWN 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 45.7%; OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 71.1%, +25.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, census data for Dixie County shows the typical household earns roughly $50,110 per year, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Dixie County (combined enrollment of about 2,435 students).
Nearest neighbor: NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 6.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.9%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 517).
On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dixie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,058
Census ACS
Median income
$50,110
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,435 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DIXIE
- DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 791 students
- JAMES M. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 563 students
- RUTH RAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 434 students
- KINDER CUB SCHOOL INCElementary · 121 students
- DIXIE VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 7 students
- DIXIE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMElementary · 2 students
Nearby schools
- NATURE COAST MIDDLE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 84
- DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL8.0 mi · 791
- WHISPERING WINDS CHARTER SCHOOL8.3 mi · 132
- TRENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 779
- RUTH RAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL9.3 mi · 434
- KINDER CUB SCHOOL INC9.3 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DIXIE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.