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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