PAXTON SCHOOL

Located at 21893 US HIGHWAY 331 N, in PAXTON, Florida, PAXTON SCHOOL is a sprawling combined-grade school that caters to 783 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of WALTON. That puts it 122% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 353 students.

Within WALTON, which oversees 22 schools and 12,069 students, PAXTON SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PAXTON SCHOOL reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Walton County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting PAXTON SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Walton County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PAXTON SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Walton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $81,986 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Walton County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,069 students), of which PAXTON SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is Florala High School, roughly 2.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PAXTON SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 801 students in 2018 compared to 783 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.