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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARDEE·NCES 120075000881
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
400 S FLORIDA AVE, WAUCHULA, FL 33873 · (863) 773-3141 · Hardee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
437 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 61 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
63.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
65.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 61.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 577 | 75.7% | 58.5% |
| NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAUCHULA | 516 | 76.9% | 43.5% |
| LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MEADE | 593 | 78.8% | 43.2% |
| GIBSONTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIBSONTON | 499 | 72.5% | 43.7% |
| PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL PALMETTO | 606 | 75.1% | 45.9% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO | 519 | 75.3% | 47.6% |
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 WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #939 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #835 of 2,149 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #691 of 2,149 ▲ 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #1,108 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #949 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #1,031 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #257 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #717 of 1,374 |
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
577
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 76% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 65% (372) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 41 | 15.0:1 | 75% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 619 | 43 | 14.4:1 | 65% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 53 | 12.8:1 | 65% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 58% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 712 | 55 | 12.9:1 | 70% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 40 | 18.6:1 | 73% (546) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in WAUCHULA, Florida, WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 577 students in pre-K through 5.
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to HARDEE, a district of 9 schools and 4,547 students.
More than half of the students at WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic (57%). The next largest groups are 30% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Hardee County overall, about 42% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
A staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.6:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 1.9 students per teacher. By family income, 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Hardee County is similar, at 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 71% of Florida public elementary schools.
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a top-10% school in Florida on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.2% with an actual 58.5%.
In Hardee County, home to about 25,675 people, median household income comes to about $60,489, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 12%, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. There are 11 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,547, WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
PIONEER CAREER ACADEMY sits about 0.2 miles from WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 46.8%, lower than WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 58.5%.
Federal data place WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 619 to 577, a 7% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.4:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Hardee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,675
Census ACS
Median income
$60,489
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARDEE
- HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,347 students
- HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 958 students
- NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- ZOLFO SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 512 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 298 students
- BOWLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
Other schools in WAUCHULA
- HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,347 students
- HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 958 students
- NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 516 students
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 298 students
- HARDEE VIRTUAL FRANCHISECombined · 52 students
- PIONEER CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 27 students
Nearby schools
- PIONEER CAREER ACADEMY0.2 mi · 27
- HARDEE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.1 mi · 52
- NORTH WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 516
- HARDEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,347
- HILLTOP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 298
- HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 958
Frequently asked questions
About WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
Is WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 30% White, 57% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAUCHULA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HARDEE in Hardee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.