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Location Map MILTON, FL 32570 Santa Rosa County
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District Poverty Rate 8.0% (data source)
Non-White Students 25.8% (data source)
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Last Updated December 3, 2025
What Can My School District Do?

All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.

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Schools in the District (43)
School Grades Period
Avalon Middle School
Bagdad Elementary School
Bennett C Russell Elementary School
Berryhill Elementary School
CAPSTONE ACADEMY MILTON CHARTER SCHOOL
Central School
Chumuckla Elementary School
COASTAL CONNECTIONS ACADEMY
EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOL
East Milton Elementary School
ESE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Gulf Breeze Elementary School
Gulf Breeze High School
Gulf Breeze Middle School
HIGH ROAD
Hobbs Middle School
Holley-Navarre Intermediate
Holley-Navarre Middle School
Holley-Navarre Primary
HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND
Jay Elementary School
Jay High School
LEARNING ACADEMY OF SANTA ROSA
Martin Luther King Middle School
Milton High School
Navarre High School
Oriole Beach Elementary School
PACE K-8
Pea Ridge Elementary School
RADFORD M LOCKLIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE
S. S. Dixon Intermediate School
S. S. Dixon Primary School
SANTA ROSA ADULT SCHOOL
Santa Rosa Online Virtual Instruction Program
Santa Rosa Virtual Franchise
Santa Rosa Virtual Instruction Course Offerings
T. R. Jackson Prek Center
Tapp Child Care
Thomas L Sims Middle School
W. H. Rhodes Elementary School
West Navarre Intermediate School
West Navarre Primary School
Woodlawn Beach Middle School
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State Law and School Board Policy
School District Policy
Policy Notes
Florida State Law Schools are required to allow students to be released for religious programs. This does not mean schools do not have the ability to create policies that protect the school's instruction time.
State Law Link http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statuTes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=1000-1099/1003/Sections/1003.21.html
Law Notes (b) Each district school board, in accordance with rules of the State Board of Education, shall adopt policies authorizing a parent to request and be granted permission for absence of a student from school for:
1. Religious instruction or religious holidays.
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