NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools FL

Best-Resourced Schools in Santa Rosa Beach, FL

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5 public K-12 schools in Santa Rosa Beach from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
4,338
Students
37.2/100
Avg Resource Index
18.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Santa Rosa Beach has more public-school enrollment than 48% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Santa Rosa Beach's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Santa Rosa Beach's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 9-point gap between Van R. Butler Elementary School and South Walton High School shows the range hidden by Santa Rosa Beach's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 52%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
34th percentile
Teacher staffing
22nd percentile

South Walton High School accounts for 26.0% of all Santa Rosa Beach public-school enrollment

That concentration means Santa Rosa Beach-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Santa Rosa Beach school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities

Santa Rosa Beach school enrollment ranges from 501 students (lowest) to 1,127 students (highest), a spread of 626 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Santa Rosa Beach operates one school district — a single-district system

Santa Rosa Beach's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Santa Rosa Beach student-teacher ratio is 18.6:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Santa Rosa Beach's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Van R. Butler Elementary School 40
2. Seaside Neighborhood School 39
3. Dune Lakes Elementary School 38
4. Emerald Coast Middle School 38
5. South Walton High School 31

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Santa Rosa Beach

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Van R. Butler Elementary School 49.6/100
  2. 2 Emerald Coast Middle School 48.9/100
  3. 3 Dune Lakes Elementary School 46.5/100
  4. 4 South Walton High School 43.6/100
  5. 5 Seaside Neighborhood School 27.3/100

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Which Santa Rosa Beach school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Van R. Butler Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Santa Rosa Beach schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Santa Rosa Beach, FL? ▼

Santa Rosa Beach has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,338 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.