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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY this year?
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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
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
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
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 | 67 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.6% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 49.7% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY this school | 552 | 65.2% | 44.2% |
| MATER ACADEMY (MIAMI BEACH) MIAMI | 586 | 62.3% | 62.0% |
| POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 468 | 68.6% | 61.0% |
| DREAMERS ACADEMY SARASOTA | 519 | 69.4% | 44.1% |
| LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LABELLE | 446 | 64.1% | 42.0% |
| BOGGY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 549 | 65.8% | 39.7% |
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 EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hendry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,631 of 2,136 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #1,573 of 2,149 ▼ 175 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,519 of 2,149 ▲ 78 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #1,210 of 2,267 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,846 of 2,077 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #1,639 of 2,108 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #674 of 2,188 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.5% | #433 of 621 | N/A |
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
552
+66 (+14%) vs 2020
+38% since 2010-11, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 65% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 28 | 18.8:1 | 76% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | 76% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 68% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 523 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 76% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 57% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 81% (324) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY.
About EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in LABELLE, Florida. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 552 students.
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is one school in HENDRY, a system of 13 schools with 13,430 students.
At EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY, Hispanic students make up 73% of the student body. The remaining shares are 23% White and 3% Black. Hendry County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 41%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 19.0 students per teacher and 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 64% average for public schools in Hendry County.
EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY would be expected to post about 48.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.2%.
Among Hendry County residents, the median household income is $56,393, about 12% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Besides EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY, Hendry County has 15 other public schools.
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located about 1.2 miles from EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Enrollment has grown by 66 students since 2020-21, to 552. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.7:1 to 19.0:1.
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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.