Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEVY·NCES 120114001204
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL
4500 HIGHWAY 40 W, YANKEETOWN, FL 34498 · (352) 447-2372 · Levy County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
23.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
174 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
56.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
54.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 54.7% |
| 2023-24 | 56.6% | 61.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 YANKEETOWN SCHOOL
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANKEETOWN SCHOOL this school | 250 | 69.6% | 54.7% |
| PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PONCE DE LEON | 272 | 71.3% | 44.7% |
| WAKULLA COAST CHARTER SCHOOL OF ARTS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ST MARKS | 169 | 65.1% | 39.3% |
| CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 426 | 71.6% | 54.4% |
| WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUNGSTOWN | 423 | 70.2% | 52.6% |
| HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMOSASSA | 405 | 64.0% | 57.1% |
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 YANKEETOWN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Levy County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #1,107 of 2,136 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #1,342 of 2,149 ▼ 438 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #1,019 of 2,149 ▼ 155 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #2,058 of 2,267 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #2,043 of 2,077 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #1,952 of 2,108 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #474 of 2,188 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #397 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
250
+28 (+13%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 250 | 10.7 | 23.3:1 | 70% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 10.7 | 22.7:1 | 77% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 265 | 11.9 | 22.3:1 | 80% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 222 | 13 | 17.1:1 | 80% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 234 | 14 | 16.7:1 | 74% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 207 | 13 | 15.9:1 | 70% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 201 | 15 | 13.4:1 | 72% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 67% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 18 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YANKEETOWN SCHOOL.
About YANKEETOWN SCHOOL
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL is an elementary school located in YANKEETOWN, Florida, in Levy County. The school counted 250 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 8. It has 59% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
LEVY enrolls 5,554 students, and its 12 schools include YANKEETOWN SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at YANKEETOWN SCHOOL, about 89 are White. Smaller groups are 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Levy County is roughly 79% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Staffing at YANKEETOWN SCHOOL comes to 10.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 23.3:1. The school's 23.3:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. On the income side, 70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 60% average among public schools in Levy County.
On the allk12 Grade, YANKEETOWN SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 58% of Florida public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, YANKEETOWN SCHOOL is 8.4 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.7% actual, 46.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In Levy County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $56,750 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Public schools in Levy County number 15, with about 5,554 students.
A public school about 9.7 miles away, ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, is the closest to YANKEETOWN SCHOOL. The nearest schools with test data average 53.9%, lower than YANKEETOWN SCHOOL's 54.7%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% gain, from 222 to 250. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.1:1 in 2020-21 to 23.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Levy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,391
Census ACS
Median income
$56,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,554 students
Quick facts
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- JOYCE M. BULLOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 638 students
- BRONSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 586 students
- BRONSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 537 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE9.7 mi · 115
- CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL11.2 mi · 906
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL11.2 mi · 1,293
- CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL11.6 mi · 644
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.4 mi · 877
- DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL13.4 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About YANKEETOWN SCHOOLHow many students attend YANKEETOWN SCHOOL?
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does YANKEETOWN SCHOOL serve?
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at YANKEETOWN SCHOOL?
Approximately 23.3:1 students per teacher at YANKEETOWN SCHOOL.
How diverse is YANKEETOWN SCHOOL?
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is YANKEETOWN SCHOOL in?
YANKEETOWN SCHOOL is part of LEVY.
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