GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary school in GROVELAND, Florida, one of the schools within LAKE. The school teaches 683 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within LAKE, which oversees 60 schools and 47,997 students, GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 27% Black, 20% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Lake County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.7%; actual is 36.2%, a gap of -19.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Lake County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,161, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Lake County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 722 (now 683). The White share of enrollment contracted from 35% to 20% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.