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What do students at THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
756
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY·NCES 120030004328
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2020 THUNDERBOLT RD, FLEMING ISLAND, FL 32003 · (904) 336-3675 · Clay County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL756 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
305 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
74.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
80.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 down about 3 points.
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
77.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% 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 17 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
756
-182 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 14.4:1
% White
63%
was 66%
% Hispanic
14%
was 14%
% Black
9%
was 10%
% Asian
6%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in FLEMING ISLAND, Florida, THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 756 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by CLAY. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 604.
Within CLAY, which oversees 50 schools and 39,116 students, THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Clay County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 77.9%, a residual of +16.9 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household earnings sit near $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 55 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 38,806 students).
Nearest neighbor: FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 938 students in 2018 compared to 756 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
227,584
Census ACS
Median income
$87,820
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
38,806 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAY
- OAKLEAF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,307 students
- MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,866 students
- ORANGE PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,844 students
- RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,792 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,776 students
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,765 students
Other schools in FLEMING ISLAND
- ST JOHNS CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 978 students
Nearby schools
- FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,765
- ST JOHNS CLASSICAL ACADEMY1.2 mi · 978
- ROBERT M. PATERSON ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 665
- SWIMMING PEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 496
- FLEMING ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 629
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS CLAY3.7 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 756 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.