📍 610 Sw 5th Ave, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, 34974
Central Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County. The school has 530 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okeechobee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1. 39% of students are proficient in reading. 39% are proficient in maths.
Central Elementary School enrolls 530 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 9.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 261 | 49% |
| White | 201 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 48 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
403 of the school's 530 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 388 qualify for free lunch and 15 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Central 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 55.
Central Elementary School is one of 13 schools in OKEECHOBEE, based in OKEECHOBEE, Florida. The district serves 6,143 students district-wide and employs 348 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 530 students, Central Elementary School is close to the district average of about 473 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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