WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the close-knit primary schools in WEWAHITCHKA, Florida, one of the schools within GULF, with 448 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

Across the 5 schools in GULF (1,901 students total), WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest is composed of 7% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Gulf County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Gulf County put median household earnings sit near $61,179, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gulf County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,901 students), WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 51.3%.

WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 10% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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