EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of the heavily attended four-year high schools in CLERMONT, Florida, part of LAKE, with 2,683 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 159% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by LAKE, a district that educates 47,997 students overall.

In terms of who attends, EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL records that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 36% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 69.3%; this one comes in at 50.7%, -18.5 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,161 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Lake County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EAST RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 69.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 11%, going from 2,419 students in 2018 to 2,683 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 42% to 36%.

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