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Enrollment
789
Elementary
DISTRICT 687 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ROSA·NCES 120165002098
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5563 BYROM ST, MILTON, FL 32570 · (850) 983-5670 · Santa Rosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL789 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
15.2:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
658 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 40 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
50.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
52.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.6% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 53.7% |
% 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
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 789 | 83.4% | 51.4% |
| EAST MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SILVER SPRINGS | 631 | 80.7% | 46.9% |
| MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 554 | 82.7% | 50.2% |
| CHARLES E. BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 564 | 77.3% | 44.0% |
| J.L. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 690 | 77.4% | 53.8% |
| TAYLOR COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL PERRY | 574 | 74.0% | N/A |
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 W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Santa Rosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,267 of 2,136 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,446 of 2,149 ▼ 239 | #13 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1,266 of 2,149 ▼ 112 | #14 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 789 | #490 of 2,267 | #7 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #763 of 2,077 | #10 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #1,266 of 2,108 | #4 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #89 of 2,188 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #1,059 of 1,374 | #9 of 11 |
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
789
+53 (+7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 789 | 52 | 15.2:1 | 83% (658) |
| 2023-24 | 760 | 58 | 13.1:1 | 77% (587) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 62 | 13.1:1 | 79% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 65% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 854 | 74 | 11.5:1 | 81% (692) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 71 | 12.3:1 | 80% (699) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 60 | 13.5:1 | 76% (621) |
| 2000-01 | 847 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 62% (528) |
| 1990-91 | 895 | 50 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public medium-sized elementary school in MILTON, Florida. The school serves 789 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
The district, SANTA ROSA, has 29,643 students enrolled across 38 schools.
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Black, 10% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 80% White among all Santa Rosa County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1 at W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 83% of enrollment. Across public schools in Santa Rosa County, the average is 44%.
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.4%. W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 51.4%.
In the county around the school, Santa Rosa County, the median household income is $91,922, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Santa Rosa County is home to 42 public schools and about 29,382 public school students.
Nearest public school: MILTON HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 789, a 7% rise from 736 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Santa Rosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
198,472
Census ACS
Median income
$91,922
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
29,382 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA ROSA
- NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,410 students
- PACE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,316 students
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,946 students
- EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,100 students
- WALLACE LAKE K-8Elementary · 1,061 students
Other schools in MILTON
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,985 students
- BENNETT C RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 899 students
- BERRYHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 802 students
- EAST MILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 771 students
- AVALON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 768 students
- HOBBS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 743 students
Nearby schools
- MILTON HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,985
- LEARNING ACADEMY OF SANTA ROSA0.8 mi · 62
- MARTIN LUTHER KING MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 621
- HOBBS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 743
- SANTA ROSA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.4 mi · 105
- T. R. JACKSON PREK CENTER1.6 mi · 184
Frequently asked questions
About W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 789 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 66% White, 5% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
W. H. RHODES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SANTA ROSA in Santa Rosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.