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Enrollment
754
Elementary
DISTRICT 903 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HERNANDO·NCES 120081000895
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
27151 ROPER RD, BROOKSVILLE, FL 34602 · (352) 797-7045 · Hernando County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL754 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
533 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
47.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 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 4 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 | 47.9% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 47.9% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 754 | 70.7% | 46.6% |
| WEST DEFUNIAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEFUNIAK SPRINGS | 704 | 70.0% | 65.2% |
| RICHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 750 | 72.3% | 25.0% |
| BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 681 | 67.4% | 43.7% |
| GLENALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 749 | 74.8% | 55.1% |
| WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 792 | 66.7% | 33.2% |
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 EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hernando County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,500 of 2,136 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,584 of 2,149 ▼ 89 | #10 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,409 of 2,149 ▲ 24 | #10 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 754 | #563 of 2,267 | #10 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #721 of 2,077 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #899 of 2,108 | #6 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.7% | #433 of 2,188 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.6% | #169 of 621 | #2 of 9 |
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
754
+174 (+30%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 754 | 50 | 15.1:1 | 71% (533) |
| 2023-24 | 743 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 76% (567) |
| 2022-23 | 737 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 73% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 68% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 74% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 84% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 42 | 12.7:1 | 77% (409) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 58% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 34 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in BROOKSVILLE, Florida. A federal count lists 754 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 25% bigger than that.
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in HERNANDO. The district has 29 schools and 23,734 students.
A majority of students at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 57%, are White. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Hernando County's residents are about 76% White, 19 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
Its 50 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.1:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Hernando County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 45.7%. It scores 46.6%, within a point of that figure.
Within Hernando County, median household income is about $66,058, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Hernando County number 31 and enroll about 23,734.
Of nearby public schools, MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 5.2 miles. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 7. On proficiency, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 46.9% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 580 students to 754. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.2:1 to 15.1:1.
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Hernando County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,018
Census ACS
Median income
$66,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,734 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HERNANDO
- FRANK W. SPRINGSTEAD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,853 students
- WINDING WATERS K-8Elementary · 1,613 students
- EXPLORER K-8Elementary · 1,544 students
- CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHElementary · 1,456 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- WEEKI WACHEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,437 students
Other schools in BROOKSVILLE
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,444 students
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGHHigh · 1,293 students
- POWELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,041 students
- PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 943 students
- CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 783 students
Other Eastside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Eastside Elementary. EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 25.
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHAINES CITY, FL · 725 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE CITY, FL · 655 students
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLEWISTON, FL · 477 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 867 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolRockmart, GA · 764 students
Nearby schools
- MOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 671
- BROOKSVILLE ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (B.E.S.T.)5.4 mi · 88
- BROOKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 687
- HERNANDO ESCHOOL VIRTUAL FRANCHISE5.8 mi · 46
- HERNANDO HIGH SCHOOL5.9 mi · 1,299
- D. S. PARROTT MIDDLE SCHOOL8.5 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 754 students in grades PK-05.
Is EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HERNANDO in Hernando County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.