RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in MIDDLEBURG, Florida, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 768 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by CLAY. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within CLAY, which oversees 50 schools and 39,116 students, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.3%, the actual is 58.5%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Clay County shows median household income runs about $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 55 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students).

COPPERGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.5%.

RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 50%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 71% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.