CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL

CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida, one of the schools within CITRUS. Current enrollment sits at 644 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 26 schools operated by CITRUS, a district that caters to 15,594 students overall.

Demographically, CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 75%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Citrus County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Citrus County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Citrus County indicate median household earnings sit near $56,546, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Citrus County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,594 students), of which CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is one.

CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 55.4%.

CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 671 (now 644). White enrollment moved from 83% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.