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Enrollment
846
Elementary
DISTRICT 687 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165002097
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4775 SCHOOL LN, PACE, FL 32571 · (850) 995-3680 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
489 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 43 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (142).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
57.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.9% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 59.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 846 | 57.8% | 55.5% |
| BOB SIKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 794 | 57.1% | 56.6% |
| BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 899 | 60.3% | 53.0% |
| CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 877 | 54.7% | 49.9% |
| ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERLACHEN | 844 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
| WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 875 | 61.6% | 64.2% |
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 PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #1,067 of 2,136 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,323 of 2,149 ▼ 375 | #11 of 15 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #931 of 2,149 ▼ 124 | #11 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #377 of 2,267 | #5 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #626 of 2,077 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #1,196 of 2,108 | #2 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.8% | #988 of 2,188 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #462 of 621 | #5 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
846
+82 (+11%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 724
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 846 | 57 | 14.8:1 | 58% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 822 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 59% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 837 | 60 | 13.9:1 | 60% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 57 | 13.4:1 | 46% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 811 | 65 | 12.5:1 | 54% (437) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 58 | 13.5:1 | 52% (404) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 44% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 47 | 17.5:1 | 39% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 724 | 40 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in PACE, Florida, is PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 846 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
SANTA ROSA enrolls 29,643 students, and its 38 schools include PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 65% of students are White. The school is also 15% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 7% Black. That is lower than the 80% White share among all Santa Rosa County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Classroom staffing at PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 58% of students (489) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Santa Rosa County is 44%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.2% for PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 55.5%, 3.3 points above the prediction.
In the wider Santa Rosa County area, median household income comes to about $91,922, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Rosa County's 42 public schools enroll about 29,382 students and include PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to PACE HIGH SCHOOL, about 2.5 miles away. PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 55.5% compares with 59.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 11% over 4 years, reaching 846 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.4:1 in 2020-21, and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in PACE
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
- THOMAS L SIMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 823 students
- S. S. DIXON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 611 students
Nearby schools
- PACE HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 2,316
- S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 611
- BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 802
- BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 899
- SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 151
- AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 846 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SANTA ROSA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.