HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus in HERNANDO, Florida, run under CITRUS. The school educates 730 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 26 schools in CITRUS (15,594 students total), HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Citrus County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 57.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Citrus County) logs that median household earnings sit near $56,546, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Citrus County (combined enrollment of about 15,594 students).

The closest other public school is FOREST RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 3.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 732 (now 730). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 84% to 73%.

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