WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized primary schools in WEBSTER, Florida, operated by SUMTER, with 690 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 12 schools in SUMTER (10,013 students total), WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sumter County (around 37%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.9%; this one delivers 54.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Sumter County indicate median household income runs about $76,508, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sumter County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,013 students), of which WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SOUTH SUMTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 685 students in 2018 compared to 690 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 18% to 30% over that span.

On this page, members of the WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.