Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105003984
ALTOONA SCHOOL
42630 STATE ROAD 19, ALTOONA, FL 32702 · (352) 669-3444 · Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
204 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
73.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 73.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 71.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALTOONA SCHOOL
ALTOONA SCHOOL's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTOONA SCHOOL this school | 248 | 82.3% | 66.6% |
| ALTURAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTURAS | 274 | 75.9% | 60.0% |
| PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PONCE DE LEON | 272 | 71.3% | 44.7% |
| YANKEETOWN SCHOOL YANKEETOWN | 250 | 69.6% | 54.7% |
| CLAY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 426 | 71.6% | 54.4% |
| WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUNGSTOWN | 423 | 70.2% | 52.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALTOONA SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #579 of 2,136 | #7 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #505 of 2,149 ▼ 4 | #8 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #590 of 2,149 ▲ 123 | #7 of 29 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #2,061 of 2,267 | #30 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #529 of 2,077 | #8 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #1,802 of 2,108 | #31 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.3% | #111 of 2,188 | #1 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #955 of 1,374 | #8 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
248
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+32% since 2010-11, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 248 | 17 | 14.6:1 | 82% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 16 | 16.4:1 | 73% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 16 | 18.3:1 | 100% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 20 | 12.3:1 | 55% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 76% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 264 | 16 | 16.5:1 | 71% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 188 | 9 | 20.9:1 | 73% (138) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALTOONA SCHOOL.
About ALTOONA SCHOOL
In ALTOONA, Florida, ALTOONA SCHOOL is a small elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 248 students enrolled. That is 59% below the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
In LAKE, 60 schools enroll a combined 47,997 students.
The share of White students at ALTOONA SCHOOL is 81%. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 13 points above the 67% share among Lake County residents. The diversity index for ALTOONA SCHOOL is 33%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at ALTOONA SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. A total of 204 students, or 82%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Lake County is 44 points.
ALTOONA SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 86% of Florida public elementary schools.
ALTOONA SCHOOL beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 26.7 points (66.6% versus 39.9%), a top-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
In Lake County, home to about 412,924 people, median household income comes to about $73,161, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Lake County's 67 public schools enroll about 47,997 students and include ALTOONA SCHOOL.
UMATILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 2.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 46.4% on proficiency, and ALTOONA SCHOOL is above that at 66.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 247 in 2020-21 and 248 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.3:1 to 14.6:1.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
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- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
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- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Nearby schools
- UMATILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 689
- UMATILLA HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 922
- UMATILLA MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 633
- SPRING CREEK CHARTER SCHOOL6.6 mi · 606
- ALEE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL6.7 mi · 181
- EUSTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.6 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About ALTOONA SCHOOLHow many students attend ALTOONA SCHOOL?
ALTOONA SCHOOL enrolls approximately 248 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does ALTOONA SCHOOL serve?
ALTOONA SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ALTOONA SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at ALTOONA SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALTOONA SCHOOL?
At ALTOONA SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 81% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is ALTOONA SCHOOL in?
ALTOONA SCHOOL is part of LAKE.
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