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Enrollment
877
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITRUS·NCES 120027002493
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3570 W CENTURY BLVD, CITRUS SPRINGS, FL 34433 · (352) 344-4079 · Citrus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL877 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
480 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
50.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
47.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 47.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 49.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 877 | 54.7% | 49.9% |
| TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 841 | 54.1% | 71.5% |
| TRENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRENTON | 779 | 52.0% | 63.1% |
| CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CITRUS SPRINGS | 801 | 52.9% | 51.4% |
| PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACE | 846 | 57.8% | 55.5% |
| ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERLACHEN | 844 | 59.0% | 43.1% |
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 CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Citrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,333 of 2,136 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #1,659 of 2,149 ▼ 260 | #11 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,264 of 2,149 ▼ 57 | #10 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 877 | #337 of 2,267 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,844 of 2,077 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #1,510 of 2,108 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #1,106 of 2,188 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.5% | #136 of 621 | N/A |
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
877
+171 (+24%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 877 | 46.1 | 19.0:1 | 55% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 45.5 | 18.8:1 | 67% (575) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 45.3 | 18.0:1 | 71% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 75% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 72% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 746 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 74% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 51 | 13.6:1 | 65% (452) |
| 2000-01 | 835 | 53 | 15.8:1 | 38% (320) |
| 1990-91 | 834 | 47 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in CITRUS SPRINGS, Florida. School enrollment was 877 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 45% larger than that.
Besides CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CITRUS runs 25 other schools. The district enrolls 15,594 students.
White students account for 71% of enrollment at CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Citrus County is roughly 88% White. CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 19.0:1, with 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 55%.
allk12 grades CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 53.7% for a school in Florida with CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 49.9%.
Census Bureau estimates for Citrus County show that median household income is about $56,546, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 28 public schools in Citrus County, with a combined enrollment of about 15,594.
Of nearby public schools, CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 3.4 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 706 students in 2020-21 and 877 in 2024-25, a 24% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 19.0:1 over the same years.
Community posts for CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Citrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,472
Census ACS
Median income
$56,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
15,594 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CITRUS
- LECANTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,735 students
- CITRUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,465 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 906 students
- LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 816 students
Other schools in CITRUS SPRINGS
- CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 801 students
- CITRUS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 801
- CITRUS SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 752
- DUNNELLON MIDDLE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 712
- FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 665
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 1,293
- CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL7.5 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 877 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CITRUS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.