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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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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
A
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Scored higher than 94% 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
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
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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 139 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 50% smaller than its 6th grade class (139).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.6% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 83.6% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 756 | 40.3% | 77.9% |
| BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY PANAMA CITY | 766 | 40.2% | 65.9% |
| MEADOWLANE INTERMEDIATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MELBOURNE | 779 | 44.2% | 61.6% |
| VALLEYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 783 | 41.4% | 71.8% |
| PATHWAYS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORMOND BEACH | 667 | 42.7% | 66.0% |
| STARKEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 580 | 45.7% | 67.8% |
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 THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #226 of 2,136 | #4 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #266 of 2,149 ▼ 127 | #4 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #290 of 2,149 ▼ 127 | #4 of 29 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 756 | #560 of 2,267 | #8 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #60 of 2,077 | #8 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #1,061 of 2,108 | #17 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #1,569 of 2,188 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #518 of 1,374 | #6 of 15 |
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
756
-75 (-9%) vs 2020
0% since 2000-01, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 756 | 61.8 | 12.2:1 | 40% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 64.8 | 12.4:1 | 39% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 901 | 65.2 | 13.8:1 | 34% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 65 | 12.8:1 | 24% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 938 | 65 | 14.4:1 | 29% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 974 | 72 | 13.5:1 | 26% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 1,109 | 79 | 14.0:1 | 16% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 45 | 16.7:1 | 22% (166) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by CLAY in FLEMING ISLAND, Florida. The school's 756 students are in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 25% higher than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.
CLAY counts 50 schools and 39,116 students, including THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
White students make up a majority at THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 63%. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 6% Asian. THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 61.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 12.2:1. This ratio sits 5.2 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 40% of students. The rate at public schools in Clay County averages 54%, higher than here.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 16.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 77.9% actual versus 61.0% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Clay County show that the median household income is $87,820, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 55 public schools in the county.
Nearby, FLEMING ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 77.9% compares with 72.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
THUNDERBOLT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment dropped from 831 in 2020-21 to 756 in 2024-25.
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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.
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