📍 18119 Sw State Road 47, Fort White, Columbia County, 32038
Fort White Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort White, Columbia County. The school has 681 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbia school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Fort White Elementary School enrolls 681 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 476 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 102 | 15% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
451 of the school's 681 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 424 qualify for free lunch and 27 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fort White Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-30, state senate district 5, state house district 10.
Fort White Elementary School is one of 19 schools in COLUMBIA, based in LAKE CITY, Florida. The district serves 9,508 students district-wide and employs 548 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 681 students, Fort White Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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