PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary school in PONCE DE LEON, Florida, part of HOLMES. The school serves 272 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 604.

HOLMES comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,013 students; PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Holmes County shows the typical household earns roughly $49,343 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Holmes County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,013 students), of which PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.0%.

PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 293 (now 272). Over the same period, the White share edged up from 89% to 94%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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