📍 7901 Saint Johns Ave, Palatka, Putnam County, 32177
The Children's Reading Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palatka, Putnam County. The school has 257 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Putnam school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. It operates as a public charter school. 72% of students are proficient in reading. 77% are proficient in maths.
The Children's Reading Center enrolls 257 students across grades K–6. The student body is 46% male and 54% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 23% Black or African American and 7.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 160 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 58 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 17 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
109 of the school's 257 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 99 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The Children's Reading Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). It operates as a public charter school. 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-60, state senate district 8, state house district 19.
The Children's Reading Center is one of 19 schools in PUTNAM, based in PALATKA, Florida. The district serves 10,083 students district-wide and employs 513 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 257 students, The Children's Reading Center is smaller than the district average of about 531 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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