WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1100 HUSSON AVE, in PALATKA, Florida, WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized primary school that serves 558 students (grades K through 6), overseen by PUTNAM.

Across the 18 schools in PUTNAM (10,082 students total), WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 15% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Putnam County's rate of about 55%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.5%; WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 34.1%, -14.4 points below that line.

Around the school, Putnam County reports that median household income runs about $47,934, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Putnam County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,082 students), of which WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PUTNAM ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WILLIAM D. MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 10%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 558 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 65% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 today.

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