Central School, Milton FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Central School

Central School sits on Central School Road in Milton, the county seat of Santa Rosa County, about eight miles south of Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Milton itself is a small riverfront city with a walkable historic downtown, a growing outer ring of new subdivisions, and an economy tied to county government, healthcare, and the military aviation presence nearby. Housing in the zip code runs well below the Florida statewide median, and rents are comparatively modest as well, with recent year-over-year movement that has been mild on the purchase side and slightly faster on the rental side. New construction is active across the broader Milton area, with national builders putting up homes across a range of price points, so the community around this school is genuinely in growth mode.

The school itself is unusual in its configuration: it serves prekindergarten through twelfth grade under one roof, which means children can move from pre-K all the way through high school graduation without changing campuses. That kind of continuity can suit families who want a stable, long-term community for their children, though the school's enrollment is relatively modest for a PK-12 span, which shapes the peer environment and the range of elective and extracurricular offerings available. Racial composition is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic students and students of two or more races. Roughly half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so the school draws from a mix of household income levels.

State assessment results are available for grades three through eight on Florida's FAST assessments in math and ELA, and for grades five and eight on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment. The picture across those grades is uneven. Fourth grade ELA and seventh grade math stand out as the strongest results among those tested, reaching or approaching the majority of students at proficiency. Most other grades show results where fewer than half of students reach the proficient mark, and fifth grade math and science results are notably lower, with only a small share of that grade's students testing as proficient. Parents with children in the middle school years, particularly around fifth grade, may want to ask the school directly about the instructional supports and intervention resources available at those grade levels. No trend data was available to show whether results have been improving or declining over time.

Because the school spans into high school, a graduation rate would normally be part of this picture, but that figure was not available in the data provided. Program information, AP or dual-enrollment course access, and career-technical pathways are also not in the data, so the upper-school academic pathway cannot be characterized here. A parent of a high schooler would want to ask the school specifically what courses and credentials are available through those grades, given how much that can vary in a smaller PK-12 setting.

The comparison data for Santa Rosa County includes only one district, so a meaningful peer comparison was not possible. IEP and English learner population figures were also not reported, so student support services for those populations cannot be assessed from this data alone.

For families considering a move to the Milton area, the community context is one of a small city in active growth, with relatively accessible home prices by Florida standards and a downtown that has invested in riverfront amenity over the past decade, even as a larger mixed-use redevelopment plan for that riverfront has remained stalled. The school itself represents an uncommon structure, and families should weigh what a single-campus PK-12 experience looks like in practice for their child's age and needs.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 47 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 183 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 69% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 466%

School 66% · District 68% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 64% · ▼ 45 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 69% · ▼ 41 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 765%

School 65% · District 57% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 73% · ▼ 30 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 64% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 471%

School 71% · District 64% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 63% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 656%

School 56% · District 68% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 61% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 63% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Science

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 56% · ▼ 30 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 58% · ▼ 30 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

This schoolSANTA ROSA, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income32%Higher-income60%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income67%Higher-income82%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income31%Higher-income30%1 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income50%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income54%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income40%Higher-income36%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income60%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income82%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income15%Higher-income30%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income21%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income79%Higher-income54%25 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income42%Higher-income43%1 pp gap