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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WALTON HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
969
High
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON·NCES 120198002025
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
449 WALTON RD, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL 32433 · (850) 892-1270 · Walton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL969 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Florida public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
613 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 278 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 251 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 244 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 196 | 20% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
56.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 46.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% 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 WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 969 | 63.3% | 58.0% |
| INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL INTERLACHEN | 999 | 57.8% | 33.5% |
| DIXIE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL CROSS CITY | 791 | 62.6% | 43.6% |
| MIDDLEBURG HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 1,866 | 59.1% | 58.1% |
| LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL MAYO | 606 | 55.4% | 71.1% |
| BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL BRONSON | 537 | 56.4% | 49.0% |
Matched among Florida high 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 WALTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Walton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #201 of 555 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #303 of 549 ▼ 118 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #258 of 559 ▲ 64 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 969 | #410 of 830 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #58 of 575 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #371 of 594 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.3% | #74 of 630 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.0% | #38 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
969
+248 (+34%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 969 | 56.5 | 17.1:1 | 63% (613) |
| 2023-24 | 898 | 48.5 | 18.5:1 | 67% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 44.1 | 19.4:1 | 65% (557) |
| 2020-21 | 721 | 39 | 18.5:1 | 59% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 46 | 15.6:1 | 64% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 64% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 47 | 17.2:1 | 65% (526) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 40 | 16.7:1 | 45% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 670 | 39 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Florida. The student body numbers 969 students, from grades 9 through 12.
WALTON runs 22 schools with a combined 12,069 students. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At 66%, White students outnumber all other groups at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL combined. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 84% of Walton County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The school employs the equivalent of 56.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.1:1. Among high schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 23.5:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 63%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Walton County.
Measured against Florida public high schools, WALTON HIGH SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 49.5% for a school in Florida with WALTON HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL posts 58.0%.
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is located in Walton County, where median household income is about $81,986, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 26 public schools in Walton County, which together enroll about 12,069 students.
Of nearby public schools, WALTON INITIATIVE FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION (WISE) is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is behind the 60.2% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 4.
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 969, 34% above the 721 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 18.5 in 2020-21 to 17.1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for WALTON HIGH SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Walton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
82,948
Census ACS
Median income
$81,986
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
12,069 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTON
- SOUTH WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,127 students
- FREEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,120 students
- DUNE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 924 students
- VAN R. BUTLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 914 students
- EMERALD COAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 872 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
Other schools in DEFUNIAK SPRINGS
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 796 students
- WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 554 students
- MOSSY HEAD SCHOOLElementary · 521 students
- WALTON INITIATIVE FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION (WISE)Combined · 264 students
- WALTON ACADEMY INC.High · 130 students
Other Walton High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Walton High. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Walton High SchoolMarietta, GA · 2,705 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLWALTON, NY · 271 students
Nearby schools
- WALTON INITIATIVE FOR SUCCESS IN EDUCATION (WISE)0.2 mi · 264
- MAUDE SAUNDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 554
- WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 704
- WALTON VIRTUAL SCHOOL WCSD2.1 mi · 7
- WALTON VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.1 mi · 21
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About WALTON HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WALTON HIGH SCHOOL?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 969 students in grades 09-12.
Is WALTON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is WALTON HIGH SCHOOL in?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is part of WALTON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.