INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL

INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in INVERNESS, Florida, one of the schools within CITRUS, serveing 641 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within CITRUS, which oversees 26 schools and 15,594 students, INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest comes out to 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Citrus County put median household earnings sit near $56,546, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Citrus County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,594 students), of which INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is one.

CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.4%.

INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 684 (now 641). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 8% to 12%.

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