SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SHALIMAR, Florida, SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within OKALOOSA. It enrolls 557 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within OKALOOSA, which oversees 49 schools and 32,120 students, SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Okaloosa County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Okaloosa County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 53.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Okaloosa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $81,998 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Okaloosa County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students), of which SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CLIFFORD MEIGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SHALIMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 16%, going from 666 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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