The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Science. The lowest is 58% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Medart Elementary School
Medart Elementary sits on Crawfordville Highway in Crawfordville, the county seat of Wakulla County, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is a conventional public elementary within the Wakulla district, neither a charter nor a magnet program.
The community around it is worth understanding on its own terms. Crawfordville is an unincorporated place that functions as the civic and commercial center of a largely rural county, positioned between Tallahassee to the north and Gulf coastal communities to the south. It is car-dependent, spread along a commercial corridor, and dominated by wooded residential lots and homeowner households rather than walkable neighborhoods. Publicly reported sources describe significant growth pressure spilling down from Tallahassee, with new subdivisions, an active home-construction pace, and road widening underway. Home values in the zip code are modestly below both the state and national midpoints and have held roughly flat year over year, while rents have risen at a faster clip. By the standard price-to-income calculation, housing here is more attainable than in many Florida markets, and estimated monthly ownership costs run below the typical rent, which is a meaningful signal for families deciding whether to buy.
On the academic side, Medart's 2024-25 Florida FAST results give a usable picture across grades three through five. In reading and writing, third graders tested at a solid proficiency level, and fifth graders were the strongest group in ELA across the school, clearing a clear majority of students at or above proficiency. Fourth-grade ELA sat at a somewhat lower rate, which a parent may want to ask the school about directly. Math tells a similar story: third grade came in strong, fifth grade was in the same range, but fourth grade dipped noticeably below the others and was the weakest single result in the data. Science, tested at fifth grade only, came in at a level comparable to the school's stronger ELA and math grades. Trend data across multiple years was not available in the payload, so it is not possible to say whether these patterns reflect a shift from prior years. The comparison framework found only one district in Wakulla County, so a meaningful peer-district ranking is not possible from this data.
Roughly two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which indicates a meaningful share of families facing economic pressure, though the school is not identified as Title I in the data provided. The school's racial and ethnic composition is predominantly white, with smaller shares of students identifying as two or more races, Black, and Hispanic. Data on students with IEPs or English learners was not reported in the payload.
Enrollment places Medart in a range that is mid-sized for an elementary school serving its grade band. The distribution across grades is fairly even, with kindergarten drawing the largest single cohort, a reflection of the community's growth in younger families.
At the district level, a few changes matter for families thinking beyond elementary school. Voters approved a dedicated school capital outlay sales tax that has been in effect since 2023, providing a sustained funding stream for facilities. The most visible consequence is a multi-phase rebuild of Wakulla High School, publicly reported to have broken ground in 2026 with completion expected in 2029. Demolition of the existing building was set to begin immediately after groundbreaking. A family enrolling a child in kindergarten at Medart today should expect that the high school their child eventually attends will be a substantially new facility. 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.
Program-specific data for Medart itself, including extracurricular offerings, specialist teachers, or enrichment programs, was not included in the payload. Families interested in those details would need to contact the school directly.
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