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Enrollment
814
Elementary
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE·NCES 120024000300
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
27050 FAIRWAY DR, PUNTA GORDA, FL 33982 · (941) 575-5475 · Charlotte County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL814 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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
16.6:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
393 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
56.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.4pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 814 | 48.3% | 52.5% |
| LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL LECANTO | 816 | 52.1% | 57.2% |
| TRENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRENTON | 779 | 52.0% | 63.1% |
| LAKE ASBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREEN COVE SPRINGS | 935 | 46.8% | 64.8% |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INVERNESS | 637 | 48.2% | 59.8% |
| INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL INVERNESS | 641 | 49.3% | 55.5% |
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 EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Charlotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,207 of 2,136 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #979 of 2,149 ▲ 412 | #5 of 10 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #1,000 of 2,149 ▲ 117 | #6 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 814 | #435 of 2,267 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,304 of 2,077 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #1,657 of 2,108 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #1,348 of 2,188 | #6 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #319 of 621 | #4 of 6 |
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
814
+262 (+47%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 814 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 48% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 800 | 51 | 15.7:1 | 63% (503) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 52% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 50% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 53% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 71% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 70% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 61% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 32 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in PUNTA GORDA, Florida. It had 814 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
CHARLOTTE is responsible for 24 schools, EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 16,997 students in all.
The share of White students at EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 75%, a majority. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 48% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 4.4 points below predicted: 52.5% against 57.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Charlotte County show that median household income comes to about $69,952, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Charlotte County counts 25 public schools with about 16,997 students.
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL (about 1.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.9%; EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 52.5%, ranking 5th of 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Mid-size. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 552 in 2020-21 and 814 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.5:1 to 16.6:1.
The discussion board for EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Charlotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
201,064
Census ACS
Median income
$69,952
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
16,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHARLOTTE
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,872 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,730 students
- LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,343 students
- PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,098 students
- BABCOCK NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLCombined · 1,053 students
- PORT CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
Other schools in PUNTA GORDA
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,872 students
- PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,098 students
- SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 356 students
- BAKER/HEAD STARTElementary · 165 students
Other East Elementary schools
43 other US public schools in 21 states are named East Elementary. EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 44.
- EAST ELEMENTARYJACKSON, MO · 726 students
- East Elementary SchoolPendleton, IN · 687 students
- East Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 620 students
- EAST ELEM.OZARK, MO · 515 students
- East Elementary SchoolHingham, MA · 502 students
Nearby schools
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 356
- PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,098
- CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,872
- BAKER/HEAD START2.5 mi · 165
- SALLIE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 634
- DEEP CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 781
Frequently asked questions
About EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 814 students in grades PK-05.
Is EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CHARLOTTE in Charlotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.