EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment K-5 school in CLEWISTON, Florida, overseen by HENDRY. The school instructs 477 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 13 schools operated by HENDRY, a district that educates 13,430 students overall.

Looking at the student body, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 23% Black, 15% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Hendry County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 59.7%, a residual of +17.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hendry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,393 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Hendry County (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students).

Nearest neighbor: WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 20%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment fell from 29% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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