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Liza Jackson Preparatory School

๐Ÿ“ 546 Mary Esther Blvd Ste 1, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County, 32548

971
Pupils

About this school

Liza Jackson Preparatory School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa County. The school has 971 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kaye Mckinley. It is part of the Okaloosa school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. It operates as a public charter school. 81% of students are proficient in reading. 84% are proficient in maths.

School details

Principal
Kaye Mckinley
School district
Okaloosa

Enrollment & staffing

Liza Jackson Preparatory School enrolls 971 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 44% male and 56% female.

Male students
427 (44%)
Female students
544 (56%)
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White67269%
Hispanic or Latino10611%
Two or more races838.5%
Black or African American757.7%
Asian313.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

182 of the school's 971 students (19%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 162 qualify for free lunch and 20 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Kโ€“8Charter school

Liza Jackson Preparatory School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-10, state senate district 2, state house district 4.

School district: OKALOOSA

Liza Jackson Preparatory School is one of 52 schools in OKALOOSA, based in FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida. The district serves 32,047 students district-wide and employs 1,685 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 971 students, Liza Jackson Preparatory School is larger than the district average of about 616 students per school.

32,047
District students
52
Schools
1,685
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

81%
Reading proficient
84%
Math proficient
8%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

Setting: City - Small

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