State/Public Elementary Open

Wauchula Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 400 S Florida Ave, Wauchula, Hardee County, 33873

616
Pupils
15.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Wauchula Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wauchula, Hardee County. The school has 616 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hardee school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 50% of students are proficient in reading. 48% are proficient in maths.

School details

School district
Hardee

Enrollment & staffing

Wauchula Elementary School enrolls 616 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.

Male students
322 (52%)
Female students
294 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
41
Student-teacher ratio
15.0:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 37% White and 11% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino30950%
White22537%
Black or African American6611%
Two or more races152.4%
Asian1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

462 of the school's 616 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 438 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Wauchula Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 26, state house district 56.

School district: HARDEE

Wauchula Elementary School is one of 11 schools in HARDEE, based in WAUCHULA, Florida. The district serves 4,547 students district-wide and employs 287 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 616 students, Wauchula Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 413 students per school.

4,547
District students
11
Schools
287
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

50%
Reading proficient
48%
Math proficient
28%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

Setting: Town - Distant

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