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Enrollment
426
High
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GULF·NCES 120069000870
WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL
1 GATOR CIR, WEWAHITCHKA, FL 32465 · (850) 639-2228 · Gulf County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL426 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Florida public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
211 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 6 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 39 | 9% |
Student demographics
23%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
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
36.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp 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 36 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 30.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 HIGH SCHOOL
WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 426 | 49.5% | 39.8% |
| JAY HIGH SCHOOL JAY | 498 | 54.2% | 51.1% |
| VERNON HIGH SCHOOL VERNON | 326 | 52.8% | 39.6% |
| COTTONDALE HIGH SCHOOL COTTONDALE | 419 | 47.0% | 60.0% |
| BELL HIGH SCHOOL BELL | 696 | 45.3% | 61.6% |
| CHIEFLAND MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL CHIEFLAND | 760 | 53.0% | 50.3% |
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 WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #492 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #327 of 549 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #421 of 559 ▲ 76 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 426 | #511 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #33 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #550 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #244 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.8% | #63 of 246 |
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
426
+67 (+19%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 21.5 | 17.7:1 | 55% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 53% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 359 | 19 | 18.9:1 | 47% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 60% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 63% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 44% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 52% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL.
About WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL
WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school serving families in WEWAHITCHKA, Florida. The school has 426 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 12. That compares with an average of about 1,035 students for high schools in Florida.
The district, GULF, operates 5 schools serving 1,901 students.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 8% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Gulf County's population at about 78%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
On staff are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.8:1. The average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 50% of students at WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public high schools, WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL is 56.4%. It actually posts 39.8%, which is 16.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Gulf County show that the median household earns about $61,179 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Across Gulf County, 7 public schools serve about 1,901 students.
Among nearby public schools, WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.3 miles. The nearest schools with test data average 52.4%, higher than WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL's 39.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 426, up from 359 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.9:1 to 15.8:1.
The WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- PREK ESECombined · 24 students
- GULF APEXHigh
- GULF VIRTUAL FRANCHISEHigh
Other schools in WEWAHITCHKA
- WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
Nearby schools
- WEWAHITCHKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 448
- LIBERTY WILDERNESS CROSSROADS16.0 mi · 15
- APALACHICOLA FOREST YOUTH ACADEMY16.0 mi · 23
- PORT ST. JOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.3 mi · 428
- PORT ST. JOE HIGH SCHOOL22.6 mi · 575
- PREK ESE22.7 mi · 24
Frequently asked questions
About WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL?
WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 426 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 2% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL?
WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by GULF in Gulf County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.