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Enrollment
935
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDRY·NCES 120078002432
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2052 NW EUCALYPTUS BLVD, LABELLE, FL 33935 · (863) 674-4140 · Hendry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL935 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% 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.
- C-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
21.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
581 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 76 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 151 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
45.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
53.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 53.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 41.6% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 935 | 62.1% | 43.8% |
| MATER PALMS ACADEMY HIALEAH GARDENS | 866 | 63.0% | 55.7% |
| BERKSHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 1,076 | 62.6% | 47.4% |
| JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 826 | 57.9% | 55.7% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY JACKSONVILLE | 1,068 | 64.8% | 35.0% |
| VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 784 | 58.4% | 48.0% |
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 COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hendry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,648 of 2,136 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #1,381 of 2,149 ▲ 378 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,533 of 2,149 ▲ 86 | #6 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 935 | #259 of 2,267 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #2,016 of 2,077 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #1,694 of 2,108 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.1% | #822 of 2,188 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.9% | #177 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
935
+158 (+20%) vs 2020
+121% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 935 | 43 | 21.7:1 | 62% (581) |
| 2023-24 | 908 | 49 | 18.5:1 | 74% (675) |
| 2022-23 | 893 | 44 | 20.3:1 | 75% (671) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 48 | 16.2:1 | 70% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 46 | 16.7:1 | 78% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 63% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 86% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 924 | 49 | 18.9:1 | 75% (695) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in LABELLE, Florida, is a large elementary school. The school enrolls 935 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 55% bigger than that.
HENDRY operates 13 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,430 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 76%. The remaining shares are 18% White and 5% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hendry County's population at about 58%. COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1 at COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 21.7:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 62% of enrollment. That tracks the 64% average for public schools in Hendry County.
The allk12 Grade for COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 20% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 43.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.0%.
Census estimates describe Hendry County this way: the median household income is $56,393, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. In all, Hendry County has 16 public schools and roughly 7,592 students.
The closest public school to COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is LABELLE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 43.8% is below the 50.4% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew 20%, to 935. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 21.7:1.
The COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hendry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,382
Census ACS
Median income
$56,393
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENDRY
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 966 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 552 students
Other schools in LABELLE
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- WEST GLADES SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
- EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 552 students
- LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATIONCombined · 5 students
Other Country Oaks Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Country Oaks Elementary. COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Country Oaks Elementary SchoolCOMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI · 488 students
Nearby schools
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,422
- LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 446
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION1.8 mi · 5
- EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 552
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 830
- WEST GLADES SCHOOL4.2 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 935 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 18% White, 76% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HENDRY in Hendry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.