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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDRY·NCES 120078003852
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY
280 N MAIN ST, LABELLE, FL 33935 · (863) 612-0750 · Hendry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
360 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
45.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
552
+29 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 16.3:1
% White
23%
was 32%
% Hispanic
73%
was 63%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in LABELLE, Florida, run under HENDRY, works with 552 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within HENDRY, which oversees 13 schools and 13,430 students, EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
Demographically, EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 23% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 58% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 44.2%.
Across the wider county, census data for Hendry County shows median household earnings sit near $56,393, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is one of 16 public schools in Hendry County (combined enrollment of about 7,592 students).
The closest other public school is LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 50.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 63% to 73%. Class-load math has widened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.
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Hendry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,382
Census ACS
Median income
$56,393
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENDRY
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 966 students
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in LABELLE
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- WEST GLADES SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
- LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATIONCombined · 5 students
Nearby schools
- LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 446
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION1.3 mi · 5
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 935
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,422
- WEST GLADES SCHOOL2.8 mi · 651
- GLADES WEST2.8 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY?
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY serve?
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is approximately 19.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY?
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 23% White, 73% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY public or private?
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HENDRY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.