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Best kept secret at WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
609
Elementary
DISTRICT 670 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OKALOOSA·NCES 120138001340
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
305 LANG RD, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32547 · (850) 833-3580 · Okaloosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
491 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
36.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 44.4% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 609 | 80.6% | 39.4% |
| GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 654 | 81.2% | 44.7% |
| LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHALIMAR | 555 | 76.6% | 34.8% |
| LEWIS ANNA WOODBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MEADE | 593 | 78.8% | 43.2% |
| PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL PALMETTO | 606 | 75.1% | 45.9% |
| TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 698 | 79.4% | 45.9% |
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 WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Okaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #1,842 of 2,136 | #19 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,742 of 2,149 ▼ 84 | #19 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,894 of 2,149 ▼ 149 | #19 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #1,004 of 2,267 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,408 of 2,077 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #608 of 2,108 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #142 of 2,188 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #457 of 621 | N/A |
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
609
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 609 | 36 | 16.9:1 | 81% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 74% (436) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 73% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 73% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 75% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 77% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 70% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 51% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida, are served by WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 609 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under OKALOOSA, which has 49 schools enrolling 32,120 students.
The largest group at WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 53%. Other groups make up 22% White, 13% Black, and 10% multiracial. County-wide, 11% of Okaloosa County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 16.9:1. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 81%. It compares with 50% for public schools in Okaloosa County.
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.4% and a predicted 40.8%.
For the population of Okaloosa County, median household income comes to about $81,998, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Okaloosa County counts 51 public schools with about 32,120 students.
W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% rise, from 579 to 609.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Okaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
216,599
Census ACS
Median income
$81,998
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
32,120 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OKALOOSA
- CRESTVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,376 students
- NICEVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,036 students
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- BAKER SCHOOLCombined · 1,434 students
- DAVIDSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,111 students
Other schools in FORT WALTON BEACH
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,720 students
- FORT WALTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,550 students
- LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOLElementary · 977 students
- W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- ELLIOTT POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 583 students
Other Wright Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Wright Elementary. WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 11.
- Wright ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 562 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 554 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 528 students
- Wright ElementaryShelbyville, KY · 489 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 430 students
Nearby schools
- W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 721
- SILVER SANDS-EXCEP. CHILDREN1.2 mi · 93
- CHOCTAWHATCHEE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,720
- MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 677
- LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 977
- ANNETTE P. EDWINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 609 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 22% White, 53% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OKALOOSA in Okaloosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.