SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN

As an one-room-style K-12 campus in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN educates 93 students from grades pre-K through 12, run under OKALOOSA. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 353 students each, so SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN sits 74% below that benchmark.

Across the 49 schools in OKALOOSA (32,120 students total), SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN reports that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 20% Black, 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Okaloosa County's rate of about 50%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Okaloosa County) reports that median household income runs about $81,998, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Okaloosa County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students), of which SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN is one.

MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN has declined 37%, going from 148 students in 2018 to 93 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.