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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 572 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAY·NCES 120009000056
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11332 E HIGHWAY 388, YOUNGSTOWN, FL 32466 · (850) 764-4341 · Bay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
297 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 26 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
48.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 51.5% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 423 | 70.2% | 52.6% |
| CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 426 | 71.6% | 54.4% |
| MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEYSTONE HEIGHTS | 544 | 69.5% | 68.3% |
| HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMOSASSA | 405 | 64.0% | 57.1% |
| OLD TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLD TOWN | 517 | 70.8% | 71.1% |
| JAMES M. ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROSS CITY | 563 | 71.9% | 57.0% |
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 WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Bay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #1,203 of 2,136 | #14 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,581 of 2,149 ▼ 259 | #16 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,393 of 2,149 ▼ 365 | #14 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #1,701 of 2,267 | #19 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #73 of 2,077 | #1 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #1,840 of 2,108 | #22 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.2% | #449 of 2,188 | #4 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #783 of 1,374 | #2 of 10 |
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
423
+51 (+14%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 423 | 34 | 12.4:1 | 70% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 32.7 | 12.8:1 | 79% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 24 | 15.5:1 | 71% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 73% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 86% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 84% (458) |
| 2000-01 | 635 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 73% (461) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 37 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in YOUNGSTOWN, Florida, as a small elementary school. The school counted 423 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 30% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by BAY, whose 47 schools enroll 27,494 students.
A large majority of enrollment at WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 83%. The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
The school has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. The school reported 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Bay County averages 43%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 46.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 52.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bay County show that median household income comes to about $73,533, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Bay County counts 50 public schools with about 27,672 students.
MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 11.2 miles from WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The school's 52.6% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment rose by 14% across 4 years, from 372 in 2020-21 to 423 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.5:1 to 12.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
186,393
Census ACS
Median income
$73,533
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
27,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BAY
- A. CRAWFORD MOSLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,864 students
- DEANE BOZEMAN SCHOOLCombined · 1,690 students
- J.R. ARNOLD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,629 students
- RUTHERFORD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,394 students
- BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,289 students
- BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMYElementary · 1,089 students
Other Waller Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Waller Elementary. WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Waller Elementary SchoolBossier City, LA · 424 students
- Waller ElementaryBurlington, WI · 247 students
Nearby schools
- MERRITT BROWN MIDDLE SCHOOL11.2 mi · 634
- TOMMY SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 677
- DEER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 735
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CAREER ACADEMY12.9 mi · 865
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL12.9 mi · 526
- NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.9 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 423 students in grades PK-05.
Is WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 83% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BAY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.