OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL vs ELISA NELSON ELEMENTARY

Elisa Nelson Elementary and Ozona Elementary School sit just 0.8 miles apart in Palm Harbor, Florida, but their standing among Florida's 3,777 public schools diverges sharply. Elisa Nelson Elementary ranks #12 of 3,777 in Florida, placing it in the top 0.3% statewide, while Ozona Elementary School ranks #49 of 3,777 — itself an elite position, but a gap of 37 places that reflects meaningful differences in the underlying data. Elisa Nelson's overall rating of 9.5/10 edges Ozona's 9.2/10 by 0.3 points.

The clearest numerical separation is academic proficiency. Elisa Nelson Elementary scores 9.4/10 on academics versus Ozona Elementary School's 8.5/10 — a 0.9-point difference that signals consistently stronger tested outcomes at Elisa Nelson. The growth picture reverses: Ozona Elementary School posts a 9.7/10 growth score against Elisa Nelson's 9.5/10, indicating that Ozona is doing a slightly better job of accelerating students relative to where they started. Families weighing raw achievement against year-over-year momentum will find a genuine trade-off between these two schools.

Ozona Elementary School enrolls 763 students compared to Elisa Nelson Elementary's 431, making Ozona nearly 80% larger. Despite that size difference, the student-teacher ratios are nearly identical — 15.6:1 at Ozona versus 15.4:1 at Elisa Nelson — so neither school has a meaningful classroom-size advantage. Ozona Elementary School serves 26% of students on free or reduced-price lunch versus 19% at Elisa Nelson Elementary, a 7-point gap that reflects a modestly broader socioeconomic mix at Ozona.

One structural distinction matters for families with younger children: Ozona Elementary School serves grades PK through 5, offering a pre-kindergarten entry point, while Elisa Nelson Elementary begins at grade 1. Families seeking a PK program within the same building as their elementary years will find only Ozona can provide continuity from pre-K onward.