WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CRESTVIEW, Florida, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school, part of OKALOOSA. It caters to 875 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% larger than the state mean of about 604.

Across the 49 schools in OKALOOSA (32,120 students total), WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment; the rest reads as 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Okaloosa County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 64.2%.

In the area at large, Okaloosa County reports that median household income runs about $81,998, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Okaloosa County (combined enrollment of about 32,120 students).

EMERALD COAST CAREER INSTITUTE N is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.6%.

WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 857 students in 2018 compared to 875 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 2% to 11% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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