Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM·NCES 120162004139
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER
7901 SAINT JOHNS AVE, PALATKA, FL 32177 · (386) 326-2762 · Putnam County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
104 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 26% larger than its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
57%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
84.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 84.7% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 77.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER this school | 275 | 37.8% | 80.6% |
| NORTH COUNTY CHARTER SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 312 | 37.5% | 55.2% |
| FORDHAM EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY OCALA | 215 | 40.5% | N/A |
| SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 336 | 40.2% | 75.1% |
| MIDTOWN ACADEMY ST PETERSBURG | 368 | 36.4% | 69.4% |
| NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 433 | 35.6% | 58.1% |
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 THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #140 of 2,136 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #156 of 2,149 ▲ 132 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #193 of 2,149 ▲ 60 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #2,024 of 2,267 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #1,018 of 2,108 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #1,645 of 2,188 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #275 of 621 | #2 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
275
+41 (+18%) vs 2020
+49% since 2010-11, when it was 184
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 | 275 | N/A | N/A | 38% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 11 | 23.6:1 | 47% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | N/A | N/A | 42% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 14 | 16.7:1 | 29% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 11 | 22.0:1 | 41% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 226 | 14 | 16.1:1 | 54% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 184 | 14 | 13.1:1 | 71% (131) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER.
About THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER
At 7901 SAINT JOHNS AVE in PALATKA, Florida, THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER operates as a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 275 students. That is 54% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER is among 18 schools run by PUTNAM, which serves 10,082 students.
More than half of enrollment at THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER is White: 60%. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Putnam County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER scores 57%.
Income data for the school show 38% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Putnam County average 55%.
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 95% of Florida public elementary schools.
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 80.6%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 62.2%, so the school is 18.4 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
For Putnam County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $47,934, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,082, THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER among them.
The closest school to THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER is KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 80.6% is above the 41.9% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant). THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER is run as a public charter school.
An 18% rise took enrollment from 234 in 2020-21 to 275 in 2024-25.
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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
- ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
Other schools in PALATKA
- PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 776 students
- JAMES A. LONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 565 students
- WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 558 students
- MELLON LEARNING CENTERCombined · 297 students
- PUTNAM ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESMiddle · 192 students
Nearby schools
- KELLEY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 776
- PALATKA JR - SR HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,568
- MELLON LEARNING CENTER2.2 mi · 297
- PUTNAM ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES2.5 mi · 192
- WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 558
- JAMES A. LONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 565
Frequently asked questions
About THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTERHow many students attend THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER?
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER enrolls approximately 275 students in grades KG-06.
Is THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER an elementary, middle, or high school?
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER have?
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER employs 0 FTE teachers.
How diverse is THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER?
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER reports a student body of 60% White, 8% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER?
THE CHILDREN'S READING CENTER is overseen by PUTNAM in Putnam County.
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