EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 27151 ROPER RD, in BROOKSVILLE, Florida, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary school that serves 754 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by HERNANDO. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 25% larger than that benchmark.

Within HERNANDO, which oversees 29 schools and 23,734 students, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hernando County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.7%; this one delivers 46.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Hernando County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,058, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hernando County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,734 students), of which EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.2 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.9%.

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 754). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 18% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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