SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized K-5 school in PUNTA GORDA, Florida, overseen by CHARLOTTE, works with 634 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 24 schools operated by CHARLOTTE, a district that educates 16,997 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.9%, the actual is 69.6%, a residual of +11.6 points.

Across the wider county, Charlotte County reports that median household income runs about $69,952, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Charlotte County (combined enrollment of about 16,997 students).

Nearest neighbor: CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 3%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 634 in 2025.

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