The top reported proficiency rate is 82% in Science. The lowest is 65% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Shadeville Elementary School
Shadeville Elementary sits on Warrior Way in Crawfordville, the county seat of Wakulla County, serving kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school in the Wakulla district. The setting is distinctly rural-residential: Crawfordville functions as the civic and commercial hub for a county that otherwise sprawls into wooded, low-density acreage between Tallahassee to the north and the Gulf coast to the south. Families here tend to own homes on larger parcels, commute into Tallahassee for work, and live somewhere that feels genuinely rural despite the commercial corridor along Crawfordville Highway.
The school's academic results on Florida's FAST assessments are a clear strength. Math proficiency across the tested grades is consistently high, with all three tested grade levels performing well above the majority of Florida schools by any reasonable read of the numbers. Fifth-grade science results on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment are similarly strong. Reading and language arts tell a more mixed story: third and fourth grade ELA proficiency is solid but noticeably lower than the math and science results, while fifth grade ELA rises to a stronger position. A parent whose child arrives with early literacy needs may want to ask the school directly about reading intervention supports and how those gaps are typically addressed by the time students finish fifth grade.
Roughly two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning a meaningful share of families face economic pressure, though the school is not a Title I school and that designation was not reported in the data. The student population is predominantly white, with Black students making up the next largest group and smaller shares of students identifying as Hispanic, multiracial, and other backgrounds. Data on students with IEPs and English learners was not available in the records provided, so a parent with a child in either category should ask the school directly about those programs.
The enrollment is moderate-sized for a K-5 school, with fairly even distribution across grades. Enrollment figures for special populations were missing from the data, and no course access, staffing, attendance, or chronic absenteeism figures were reported, leaving gaps that a school visit or direct conversation with staff would help fill. A proficiency comparison against other districts within Wakulla County was not computed because Wakulla operates as a single-district county, so there is no meaningful peer set to compare against at that level.
On the district side, a few developments are worth knowing. Voters approved a dedicated school capital outlay sales surtax that became effective in early 2023, creating a lasting revenue stream for facility work. That funding is connected to what is publicly reported as a transformational multi-phase rebuild of Wakulla High School, which broke ground in 2026 and is expected to run through 2029. For a family enrolling a kindergartner today, that construction timeline means their child will enter a brand-new high school campus when they get there. The district also publicly reported opening the Wakulla War Eagle Academy in 2025, adding career and technical pathways including welding, cosmetology, media, and engineering at the secondary level.
The local housing market is relatively affordable compared to Florida statewide medians, and home values have been rising, reflecting the documented growth pressure as Crawfordville absorbs spillover from Tallahassee. New subdivisions and active construction are visible across the community, and publicly reported accounts describe ongoing commercial and residential development guided by a county town plan. That growth context matters for a school: enrollment patterns may shift as the community adds households, and the capital investment in district facilities appears timed to that trajectory.
Shadeville's academic profile, especially its math and science results, points to a school performing well by state standards. The ELA results, particularly in the earlier grades, are an area a parent should explore further rather than take as settled.
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