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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030003691
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3065 APALACHICOLA BLVD, MIDDLEBURG, FL 32068 · (904) 336-2875 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
382 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 47 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (116).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
59.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 59.1% |
% 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
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 768 | 49.7% | 58.5% |
| CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 801 | 52.9% | 51.4% |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE PRIMARY NAVARRE | 661 | 48.3% | N/A |
| HOLLEY-NAVARRE INTERMEDIATE NAVARRE | 698 | 46.8% | 67.8% |
| ADDIE R. LEWIS SCHOOL VALPARAISO | 653 | 47.8% | 66.0% |
| OTIS A. MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 731 | 48.3% | 73.3% |
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 RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #944 of 2,136 | #17 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,010 of 2,149 ▼ 37 | #16 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #877 of 2,149 ▼ 102 | #16 of 29 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #538 of 2,267 | #7 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #348 of 2,077 | #24 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #1,084 of 2,108 | #18 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #1,309 of 2,188 | #21 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.0% | #56 of 621 | #2 of 12 |
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
768
+324 (+73%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 768 | 54.6 | 14.1:1 | 50% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 52 | 13.4:1 | 48% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 50% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 38 | 11.7:1 | 37% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 54% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 45% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 36% (217) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in MIDDLEBURG, Florida, is a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 768 students enrolled in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 27% above average.
CLAY counts 39,116 students in its 50 schools, and RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
The largest group at RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 63%. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 9% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 56%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The school has 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Federal data show 50% of students (382) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.5%) and its predicted rate (56.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools.
In the wider Clay County area, the median household earns about $87,820 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Clay County, 55 public schools serve about 38,806 students.
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Reported enrollment: 444 (2020-21) and 768 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 14.1:1, from 11.7:1.
This page is set up for the RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in MIDDLEBURG
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,047 students
- WILKINSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
- CLAY CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 693 students
- J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 690 students
- COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 587 students
Nearby schools
- COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 587
- DOCTORS INLET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 545
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS CLAY2.2 mi · 50
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,866
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,792
- TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,047
Frequently asked questions
About RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 768 students in grades PK-06.
Is RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.