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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITRUS·NCES 120027000310
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10935 W YULEE DR, HOMOSASSA, FL 34448 · (352) 628-2953 · Citrus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
18.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
259 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 30 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
43.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.7pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.9% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 62.3% |
% 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 405 | 64.0% | 57.1% |
| JAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAY | 472 | 62.3% | 64.2% |
| WALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUNGSTOWN | 423 | 70.2% | 52.6% |
| FLORAL CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL CITY | 387 | 57.1% | 47.7% |
| PORT ORANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 346 | 59.8% | 67.6% |
| MIDDLEBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 581 | 65.4% | 61.3% |
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 HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Citrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #998 of 2,136 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,287 of 2,149 ▼ 433 | #6 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #1,608 of 2,149 ▼ 190 | #11 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #1,752 of 2,267 | #10 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,680 of 2,077 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,890 of 2,108 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #743 of 2,188 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.3% | #568 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
405
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 405 | 22.5 | 18.0:1 | 64% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 27.5 | 14.1:1 | 70% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 27.5 | 14.9:1 | 78% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 87% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 85% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 81% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 73% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 50% (191) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in HOMOSASSA, Florida, reachable at (352) 628-2953. Its enrollment is 405 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
CITRUS is responsible for 26 schools, HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 15,594 students in all.
Roughly 85% of students at HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 9% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Citrus County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.0 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. About 64% of students at HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Citrus County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Florida public elementary schools, HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 49.1%. It scores 57.1%, 8.0 points above that figure.
In the wider Citrus County area, median household income comes to about $56,546, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Citrus County counts 28 public schools with about 15,594 students.
The closest school to HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ROCK CRUSHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 6.6 miles away. HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 6.
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 22 students, or 6%. The ratio was 14.2:1 in 2020-21 and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Citrus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
162,472
Census ACS
Median income
$56,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
15,594 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CITRUS
- LECANTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,735 students
- CITRUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,465 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
- CRYSTAL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 906 students
- CITRUS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 877 students
Nearby schools
- ROCK CRUSHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 664
- SRMI @ RENAISSANCE CENTER7.5 mi · 82
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS7.5 mi · 29
- LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL7.6 mi · 1,735
- CREST SCHOOL7.6 mi · 102
- LECANTO MIDDLE SCHOOL7.7 mi · 786
Frequently asked questions
About HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 85% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HOMOSASSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CITRUS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.