CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL

CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier 6-8 campuss in LEESBURG, Florida, run under LAKE, with 737 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by LAKE, a district that hosts 47,997 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lake County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.1%; this one delivers 42.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $73,161, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 67 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students).

Nearest neighbor: BEVERLY SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 809 (now 737). Over the same period, the White share fell from 49% to 32%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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