📍 13270 Us Highway 90 W, Defuniak Springs, Walton County, 32433
Mossy Head School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Defuniak Springs, Walton County. The school has 439 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Leslie Hulion. It is part of the Walton school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Mossy Head School enrolls 439 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 313 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 72 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 6.6% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
376 of the school's 439 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 344 qualify for free lunch and 32 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.
Mossy Head School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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-10, state senate district 2, state house district 5.
Mossy Head School is one of 23 schools in WALTON, based in DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Florida. The district serves 12,007 students district-wide and employs 718 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 439 students, Mossy Head School is smaller than the district average of about 522 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant