📍 3725 Se 8th St, Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, 34974
Everglades Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Okeechobee, Okeechobee County. The school has 760 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Okeechobee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 53% are proficient in maths.
Everglades Elementary School enrolls 760 students across grades Pre-K–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 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% White, 41% Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 376 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 312 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
578 of the school's 760 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 551 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.
Everglades 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.
Everglades 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 760 students, Everglades Elementary School is larger than 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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