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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA·NCES 120036000364
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1388 SW MCFARLANE AVE, LAKE CITY, FL 32025 · (386) 755-8250 · Columbia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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
15.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
354 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 25 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
41.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
56.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp 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 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 48.5% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 492 | 72.0% | 44.6% |
| BELLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 513 | 69.6% | 57.1% |
| UNIVERSITY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MELBOURNE | 529 | 76.4% | 31.8% |
| CEDAR GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 495 | 74.7% | 26.7% |
| FERRY PASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENSACOLA | 579 | 71.7% | 54.3% |
| PALM BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 583 | 71.9% | 44.6% |
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 SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,607 of 2,136 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,264 of 2,149 ▲ 195 | #6 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,727 of 2,149 ▼ 266 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #1,454 of 2,267 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,061 of 2,077 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #384 of 2,108 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #382 of 2,188 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #562 of 1,374 | #1 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
492
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,078
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 72% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 34 | 15.6:1 | 79% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 517 | 31 | 16.7:1 | 76% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 487 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 65% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 69% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 44 | 15.1:1 | 63% (421) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 65% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 58% (445) |
| 1990-91 | 1,078 | 52 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in LAKE CITY, Florida, reachable at (386) 755-8250. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 492 students.
COLUMBIA counts 16 schools and 9,815 students, including SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The most common group at SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black students, at 41%. The school is also 37% White, 12% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 16%. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The school counts 354 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 72%. Among public schools in Columbia County, the average eligibility rate is 55%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Florida, SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.6% actual against a predicted 45.1%.
In Columbia County (population about 71,789), the median household income is $59,205, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 19 public schools in Columbia County, enrolling about 9,815 students in all.
The next-closest public school is LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 7 nearby schools, at 44.6% versus a 52.0% average.
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
In 2020-21, SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 487; in 2024-25, 492. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.8:1 in 2020-21, and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
71,789
Census ACS
Median income
$59,205
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
9,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBIA
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,101 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
Other schools in LAKE CITY
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- BELMONT ACADEMYCombined · 828 students
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 809 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 655 students
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 635 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 809
- PREK ESE1.3 mi · 7
- RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY1.5 mi · 455
- COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,711
- PATHWAYS ACADEMY1.8 mi · 94
- MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 37% White, 12% Hispanic, 41% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of COLUMBIA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.