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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
688
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105001093
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
304 W FOUNTAIN ST, FRUITLAND PARK, FL 34731 · (352) 787-2693 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL688 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
405 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
33.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 40.2% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 688 | 58.9% | 38.8% |
| CHRISTA MCAULIFFE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 687 | 60.4% | 55.6% |
| JOYCE M. BULLOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLISTON | 638 | 59.9% | N/A |
| THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL LADY LAKE | 740 | 56.5% | 61.3% |
| MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 819 | 57.4% | 56.9% |
| WENDELL WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 764 | 58.6% | 47.4% |
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 FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #1,863 of 2,136 | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #1,803 of 2,149 ▲ 15 | #25 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #1,984 of 2,149 ▼ 157 | #27 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 688 | #747 of 2,267 | #20 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #667 of 2,077 | #9 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #301 of 2,108 | #9 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #955 of 2,188 | #7 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #1,106 of 1,374 | #10 of 16 |
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
688
+66 (+11%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 837
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 688 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 59% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 707 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 59% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 65% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 45 | 13.8:1 | 63% (390) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 79% (585) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 48 | 15.5:1 | 81% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 71% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 605 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 57% (343) |
| 1990-91 | 837 | 41 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-sized elementary school, FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in FRUITLAND PARK, Florida. It reports enrollment of 688 students in pre-K through 5.
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in LAKE, a system of 60 schools with 47,997 students.
At FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 22% Black, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County residents are about 67% White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 46 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.0:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 2.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 59%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Lake County is 21 points.
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools.
In Florida, FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.8% actual against a predicted 51.7%.
Lake County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,161, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 67 public schools in the county, enrolling about 47,997, FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER, about 2.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
An 11% increase took enrollment from 622 in 2020-21 to 688 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.8:1 to 15.0:1.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,683 students
- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,763 students
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Nearby schools
- RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER2.4 mi · 242
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 737
- BEVERLY SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 596
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,724
- OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 558
- LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 843
Frequently asked questions
About FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 688 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 45% White, 25% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LAKE in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.