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Alumni: what's one memory from CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITRUS·NCES 120027000313
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL
8624 W CRYSTAL ST, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL 34428 · (352) 795-2211 · Citrus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
383 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 | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
41%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
54.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 | 54.9% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 47.4% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 644 | 59.5% | 51.5% |
| SHADOWLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 695 | 59.1% | 73.9% |
| ROCK CRUSHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMOSASSA | 664 | 57.7% | 62.6% |
| BRANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANFORD | 712 | 59.3% | 55.4% |
| HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERNANDO | 730 | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 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 CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Citrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,253 of 2,136 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,580 of 2,149 ▼ 63 | #10 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,068 of 2,149 ▲ 173 | #3 of 11 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #882 of 2,267 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,258 of 2,077 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.2% | #1,635 of 2,108 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #927 of 2,188 | #3 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #1,207 of 1,374 | #3 of 7 |
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
644
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 688
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 644 | 39.1 | 16.5:1 | 59% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 667 | 39.1 | 17.1:1 | 66% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 43.1 | 15.2:1 | 70% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 81% (503) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 82% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 43 | 14.3:1 | 81% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 71% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 693 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 42% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 688 | 40 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in CITRUS, located in CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida. The school had 644 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of the 26 schools that make up CITRUS (15,594 students in total).
At CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL, White students make up 75% of the student body. Next come 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. The county population is about 88% White. CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 39.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 16.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Citrus County average 48%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 51.5% actual against 51.4% predicted.
Census estimates describe Citrus County this way: the median household income is $56,546, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. In all, Citrus County has 28 public schools and roughly 15,594 students.
CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL holds 4 other public schools. CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 51.5% compares with 55.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment at CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL grew 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 621 to 644 students.
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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
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 877 students
Other schools in CRYSTAL RIVER
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 906 students
- ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEHigh · 115 students
Nearby schools
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,293
- CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 906
- ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE4.1 mi · 115
- ROCK CRUSHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 664
- CYPRESS CREEK TREATMENT CENTER7.0 mi · 63
- CREST SCHOOL7.0 mi · 102
Frequently asked questions
About CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOLHow large is CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-05.
Is CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL have?
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 75% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is overseen by CITRUS in Citrus County.
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