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What's the one class at WINDING WATERS K-8 every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,613
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081007637
WINDING WATERS K-8
12240 VESPA WAY, WEEKI WACHEE, FL 34614 · (352) 797-7092 · Hernando County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,613 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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
19.0:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
846 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 158 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 159 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 157 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 195 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 169 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 189 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 178 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (158) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (238).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
48.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
52.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 52.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 43.4% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 WINDING WATERS K-8
WINDING WATERS K-8's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDING WATERS K-8 this school | 1,613 | 52.4% | 47.7% |
| FREEPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FREEPORT | 1,120 | 52.5% | 67.5% |
| NORTH FORT MYERS ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS NORTH FORT MYERS | 1,353 | 53.2% | 51.4% |
| BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUNNELL | 1,061 | 52.4% | 50.8% |
| TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 1,047 | 54.6% | 62.7% |
| CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 877 | 54.7% | 49.9% |
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 WINDING WATERS K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #1,448 of 2,136 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,431 of 2,149 ▲ 269 | #9 of 14 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #1,365 of 2,149 ▲ 16 | #9 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,613 | #20 of 2,267 | #1 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,835 of 2,077 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #1,378 of 2,108 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #1,193 of 2,188 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.2% | #165 of 621 | #1 of 9 |
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
1,613
+363 (+29%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 1,613 | 85 | 19.0:1 | 52% (846) |
| 2023-24 | 1,638 | 91 | 18.0:1 | 57% (936) |
| 2022-23 | 1,622 | 94 | 17.3:1 | 56% (902) |
| 2020-21 | 1,250 | 75 | 16.7:1 | 52% (653) |
| 2017-18 | 1,309 | 83 | 15.8:1 | 57% (752) |
| 2015-16 | 1,324 | 89 | 14.9:1 | 67% (886) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINDING WATERS K-8.
About WINDING WATERS K-8
WINDING WATERS K-8 runs as a large elementary school in WEEKI WACHEE, Florida. A federal count lists 1,613 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
HERNANDO enrolls 23,734 students in 29 schools, including WINDING WATERS K-8.
WINDING WATERS K-8 is 67% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. In Hernando County overall, about 76% of residents are White. WINDING WATERS K-8's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.0 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. For comparison, public schools in Hernando County average 53%.
WINDING WATERS K-8 is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 24% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For WINDING WATERS K-8, the prediction is 54.9% and the result is 47.7%.
Federal survey data for Hernando County show that the median household income is $66,058, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Hernando County is home to 31 public schools and about 23,734 public school students.
The next-closest public school is WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Among its closest neighbors with test data, WINDING WATERS K-8 is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,613, a 29% increase from 1,250 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 16.7 to 19.0 over 4 years.
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Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
Nearby schools
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,437
- ENDEAVOR ACADEMY4.2 mi · 126
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 1,444
- WEST HERNANDO MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 666
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 943
- SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 829
Frequently asked questions
About WINDING WATERS K-8How many students attend WINDING WATERS K-8?
WINDING WATERS K-8 enrolls approximately 1,613 students in grades PK-08.
Is WINDING WATERS K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
WINDING WATERS K-8 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does WINDING WATERS K-8 have?
WINDING WATERS K-8 employs 85 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WINDING WATERS K-8?
At WINDING WATERS K-8, the student body is approximately 67% White, 22% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees WINDING WATERS K-8?
WINDING WATERS K-8 is overseen by HERNANDO in Hernando County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.