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Enrollment
844
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM·NCES 120162002664
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
251 S STATE ROAD 315, INTERLACHEN, FL 32148 · (386) 684-2130 · Putnam County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL844 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
18.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
498 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 49 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
40.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 48.0% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 844 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
| BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MILTON | 899 | 60.3% | 53.0% |
| BRANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANFORD | 712 | 59.3% | 55.4% |
| SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 695 | 59.1% | 73.9% |
| PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACE | 846 | 57.8% | 55.5% |
| CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 877 | 54.7% | 49.9% |
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 ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #1,678 of 2,136 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,833 of 2,149 ▼ 342 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,737 of 2,149 ▼ 113 | #6 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 844 | #380 of 2,267 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,803 of 2,077 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.5% | #1,627 of 2,108 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #948 of 2,188 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #610 of 621 | #6 of 6 |
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
844
+125 (+17%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 844 | 45 | 18.8:1 | 59% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 869 | 47.5 | 18.3:1 | 80% (696) |
| 2022-23 | 904 | 46.8 | 19.3:1 | 64% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 719 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 61% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 841 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 69% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 51 | 17.1:1 | 74% (645) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 82% (675) |
| 2000-01 | 897 | 50 | 17.9:1 | 72% (648) |
| 1990-91 | 984 | 55 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In INTERLACHEN, Florida, ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 844 students in pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students.
A total of 18 schools make up PUTNAM, with 10,082 students enrolled.
White students account for 75% of enrollment at ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups make up 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 71% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1 at ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 45 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 59% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 16% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 51.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.1%.
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Putnam County, where median household income is about $47,934, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Putnam County, which together enroll about 10,082 students.
The next-closest public school is INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.7 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside ten miles. Local comparison: ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 nearby schools, at 43.1% versus a 52.6% average.
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 844 was 17% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 719. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.8:1.
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Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,164
Census ACS
Median income
$47,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
10,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM
- PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- MIDDLETON-BURNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,056 students
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 999 students
- CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 945 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
- BROWNING-PEARCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 679 students
Nearby schools
- INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 999
- Q.I. ROBERTS JR. - SR. HIGH SCHOOL8.6 mi · 537
- OCHWILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 388
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.0 mi · 776
- THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER11.3 mi · 275
- MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 844 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PUTNAM.
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