WINDING WATERS K-8

WINDING WATERS K-8 is an elementary campus of big scale in WEEKI WACHEE, Florida, run under HERNANDO, enrolling 1,613 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 167% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

HERNANDO runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 23,734 students. WINDING WATERS K-8 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WINDING WATERS K-8 shows that White students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Hernando County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WINDING WATERS K-8 higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at WINDING WATERS K-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WINDING WATERS K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.9%; this one delivers 47.7%.

Around the school, Hernando County reports that median household income runs about $66,058, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hernando County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students), WINDING WATERS K-8 is one campus in the mix.

WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WINDING WATERS K-8 comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WINDING WATERS K-8 has expanded 23%, going from 1,309 students in 2018 to 1,613 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 67%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.

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