EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary-level community in LAKE CITY, Florida, part of COLUMBIA, works with 655 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 16 schools operated by COLUMBIA, a district that instructs 9,815 students overall.

On demographics, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 22% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

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 51.9%; this one delivers 63.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Columbia County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,205 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Columbia County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,815 students), of which EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 625 (now 655). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 71% to 59%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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