Enrollment
169
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKULLA·NCES 120195003673
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
48 SHELL ISLAND ROAD, ST MARKS, FL 32355 · (850) 925-6344 · Wakulla County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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
14.1:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
110 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (18).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
45.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 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 | 45.2% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 32.5% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY this school | 169 | 65.1% | 39.3% |
| STEINHATCHEE SCHOOL STEINHATCHEE | 112 | 63.4% | 80.3% |
| YANKEETOWN SCHOOL YANKEETOWN | 250 | 69.6% | 54.7% |
| WHISPERING WINDS CHARTER SCHOOL CHIEFLAND | 132 | 72.7% | 56.1% |
| LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEE | 163 | 64.4% | 52.4% |
| PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PONCE DE LEON | 272 | 71.3% | 44.7% |
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 WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Wakulla County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,845 of 2,136 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,903 of 2,149 ▲ 117 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,531 of 2,149 ▲ 206 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #2,139 of 2,267 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #680 of 2,188 | #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
169
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+114% since 2000-01, when it was 79
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 169 | 12 | 14.1:1 | 65% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 165 | 13 | 12.7:1 | 64% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 169 | 14 | 12.1:1 | 62% (105) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 59% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 8 | 17.8:1 | 73% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 154 | 14 | 11.0:1 | 61% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 130 | 12 | 10.8:1 | 75% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 79 | N/A | N/A | 5% (4) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.
About WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
At 48 SHELL ISLAND ROAD in ST MARKS, Florida, WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY operates as a small elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 169 students. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 72% smaller than average.
The WAKULLA system has 10 schools and 5,138 students.
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY enrolls a student body that is 86% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Wakulla County's population at about 78%. WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 12 full-time positions, a ratio of 14.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 65%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Wakulla County is 27 points.
The allk12 Grade for WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY's average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.3% is 9.3 points below the 48.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Wakulla County show that median household income is about $81,895, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is one of 15 public schools in Wakulla County, which together enroll about 5,138 students.
The closest public school, DISTRICT PRE-K PROGRAMS, is about 6.1 miles from WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area. Federal records list WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY as a charter school.
Enrollment went from 173 in 2020-21 to 169 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students. The ratio was 12.4:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Wakulla County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,387
Census ACS
Median income
$81,895
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,138 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAKULLA
- WAKULLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,369 students
- CRAWFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 691 students
- SHADEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 653 students
- RIVERSINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 552 students
- RIVERSPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 552 students
- WAKULLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 476 students
Nearby schools
- DISTRICT PRE-K PROGRAMS6.1 mi · 204
- SHADEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.6 mi · 653
- RIVERSPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.7 mi · 552
- WAKULLA MIDDLE SCHOOL10.0 mi · 476
- WAKULLA INSTITUTE10.4 mi · 55
- WAKULLA HIGH SCHOOL10.7 mi · 1,369
Frequently asked questions
About WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYHow large is WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY?
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY enrolls approximately 169 students in grades PK-08.
Is WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY an elementary, middle, or high school?
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY have?
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY?
Student demographics at WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY are roughly 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY?
WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY is overseen by WAKULLA in Wakulla County.
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