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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULF·NCES 120069002176
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
514 E RIVER RD, WEWAHITCHKA, FL 32465 · (850) 639-2476 · Gulf County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
15.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
238 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 28 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
45.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 44.6% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 448 | 53.1% | 45.0% |
| CHUMUCKLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAY | 371 | 50.4% | 69.6% |
| EDGEWATER PUBLIC SCHOOL EDGEWATER | 439 | 56.5% | 67.0% |
| MEDART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRAWFORDVILLE | 417 | 47.5% | 59.5% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GLEN ST MARY | 616 | 52.4% | 51.4% |
| FLORAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL CITY | 387 | 57.1% | 47.7% |
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 WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,580 of 2,136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,299 of 2,149 ▲ 342 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,511 of 2,149 ▲ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #1,617 of 2,267 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #927 of 2,077 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #1,870 of 2,108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #1,164 of 2,188 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #901 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
448
-30 (-6%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 448 | 28.8 | 15.5:1 | 53% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 61% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 55% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 55% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 68% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 70% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 61% (251) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 58% (351) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in WEWAHITCHKA, Florida, one of the schools in GULF. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 448 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
District-wide, GULF has 5 schools and 1,901 students.
Most students at WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 84% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.5:1, with 28.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%. It compares with 45% for public schools in Gulf County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (45.0% versus 54.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Across Gulf County, median household income is about $61,179, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Gulf County number 7 and enroll about 1,901.
Nearest public school: WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Rural: Distant.
The student count in 2024-25 was 448, 6% below the 478 of 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Gulf County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,131
Census ACS
Median income
$61,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GULF
- PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 575 students
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 426 students
- PREK ESECombined · 24 students
- GULF APEXHigh
- GULF VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
Nearby schools
- WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 426
- LIBERTY WILDERNESS CROSSROADS16.2 mi · 15
- APALACHICOLA FOREST YOUTH ACADEMY16.2 mi · 23
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.3 mi · 428
- PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL22.6 mi · 575
- CALLAWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.7 mi · 622
Frequently asked questions
About WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-05.
Is WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
How diverse is WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by GULF in Gulf County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.