Enrollment
299
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GLADES·NCES 120066004849
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL
100 E HARNEY POND RD NE, OKEECHOBEE, FL 34974 · (863) 467-2501 · Glades County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 50% larger than its 8th grade class (24).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
86.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.4% | 86.9% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 91.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
79.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% 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 PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL's state test result (79.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL this school | 299 | 1.0% | 79.0% |
| LITERACY/LEADERSHIP/TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY TAMPA | 437 | 8.7% | 41.6% |
| THE READING EDGE ACADEMY DEBARY | 328 | 8.8% | 48.8% |
| ANCHOR ACADEMY ATLANTIC BEACH | 289 | 10.7% | 60.4% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF TAMPA TAMPA | 248 | 11.3% | 33.7% |
| CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION AT HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD | 256 | 2.7% | 32.4% |
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 PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #193 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.9% | #100 of 2,149 ▼ 70 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #387 of 2,149 ▼ 193 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,989 of 2,267 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #348 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 1.0% | #2,185 of 2,188 |
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
299
+53 (+22%) vs 2020
+68% since 2010-11, when it was 178
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 | 299 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | N/A | N/A | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 36 | 6.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 180 | 29 | 6.2:1 | 2% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 191 | 29 | 6.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 178 | 32 | 5.6:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL.
About PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in OKEECHOBEE, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 299 students. It has 50% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
The district, GLADES, has 1,852 students enrolled across 7 schools.
Native American students make up 46% of enrollment at PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% multiracial, 19% Hispanic, and 9% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 68, compared with 70 nationally.
Income data for the school show 1% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Glades County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 69% of Florida public elementary schools.
In Florida, PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 79.0% actual against a predicted 80.7%.
Glades County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $45,870, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,852, PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL among them.
Among nearby public schools, MOORE HAVEN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. is closest at about 17.5 miles. PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL places 1st of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL is in rural territory far from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Remote. PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 299, compared with 246 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Glades County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,563
Census ACS
Median income
$45,870
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,852 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GLADES
- WEST GLADES SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
- MOORE HAVEN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.High · 498 students
- MOORE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 344 students
- GLADES VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined · 42 students
- GLADES VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)Combined · 17 students
- GLADES WESTElementary · 1 students
Other schools in OKEECHOBEE
- OKEECHOBEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 737 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 588 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 571 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 528 students
Nearby schools
- MOORE HAVEN MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.17.5 mi · 498
- MOORE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.6 mi · 344
- GLADES VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)17.6 mi · 17
- GLADES VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM17.6 mi · 42
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL17.8 mi · 689
- SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.9 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOLHow large is PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL?
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 299 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL serve?
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL have?
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL employs 0 FTE teachers.
How diverse is PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL?
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL reports a student body of 9% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 24% Two or more.
Who oversees PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL?
PEMAYETV EMAHAKV CHARTER OUR WAY SCHOOL is overseen by GLADES in Glades County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.