Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLMES·NCES 120090002071
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1473 AMMONS RD, PONCE DE LEON, FL 32455 · (850) 836-4296 · Holmes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
194 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
45.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.1% | 48.6% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 272 | 71.3% | 44.7% |
| YANKEETOWN SCHOOL YANKEETOWN | 250 | 69.6% | 54.7% |
| CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 426 | 71.6% | 54.4% |
| WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUNGSTOWN | 423 | 70.2% | 52.6% |
| HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMOSASSA | 405 | 64.0% | 57.1% |
| WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ST MARKS | 169 | 65.1% | 39.3% |
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 PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #1,598 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,674 of 2,149 ▼ 220 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,526 of 2,149 ▲ 64 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #2,029 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #239 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #2,015 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #409 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #1,076 of 1,374 |
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
272
+25 (+10%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 272 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 71% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 61% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 58% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 19 | 13.0:1 | 67% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 24 | 12.2:1 | 65% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 304 | 24 | 12.7:1 | 62% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 77% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 27 | 14.7:1 | 61% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 421 | 23 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in PONCE DE LEON, Florida, in Holmes County. The school's 272 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 55% lower than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within HOLMES, which has 8 schools and 3,013 students.
At PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 94% of the student body. The school is also 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1 at PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 71%.
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 45.4%. PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 44.7%.
Within Holmes County, median household income is about $49,343, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 10 public schools in Holmes County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,013.
The nearest public school is PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. On state test proficiency, PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 247 in 2020-21 and 272 in 2024-25, a increase of 25 students.
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Holmes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,513
Census ACS
Median income
$49,343
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,013 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOLMES
- BONIFAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,136 students
- HOLMES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 464 students
- POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 415 students
- BETHLEHEM HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 363 students
- PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 298 students
- GRADUATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMHigh · 45 students
Other Ponce De Leon Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ponce De Leon Elementary. PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEARWATER, FL · 546 students
Nearby schools
- PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 298
- WALTON ACADEMY INC.8.3 mi · 130
- WALTON VIRTUAL SCHOOL WCSD8.4 mi · 7
- WALTON VIRTUAL FRANCHISE8.4 mi · 21
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL9.3 mi · 796
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 969
Frequently asked questions
About PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 272 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HOLMES in Holmes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.