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Enrollment
641
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CITRUS·NCES 120027000306
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL
206 S LINE AVE, INVERNESS, FL 34452 · (352) 726-2632 · Citrus County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL641 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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.
- C+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
15.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
316 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 | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
39%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
55.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
61.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.8% | 61.2% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 59.4% |
% 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 641 | 49.3% | 55.5% |
| PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INVERNESS | 637 | 48.2% | 59.8% |
| MYAKKA RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 624 | 48.1% | 55.4% |
| S. S. DIXON PRIMARY SCHOOL PACE | 611 | 51.9% | N/A |
| BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELL | 656 | 51.4% | 62.4% |
| S. S. DIXON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PACE | 676 | 47.3% | 64.4% |
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 INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Citrus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #1,069 of 2,136 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #1,046 of 2,149 ▼ 81 | #5 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,029 of 2,149 ▼ 18 | #2 of 11 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 641 | #892 of 2,267 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,021 of 2,077 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #1,691 of 2,108 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.3% | #1,323 of 2,188 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #1,108 of 1,374 | #2 of 7 |
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
641
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 641 | 40.6 | 15.8:1 | 49% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 42.6 | 16.4:1 | 59% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 42.6 | 16.0:1 | 65% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 74% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 43 | 15.9:1 | 74% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 70% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 51 | 13.7:1 | 55% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 725 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 35% (252) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in INVERNESS, Florida, (ZIP code 34452). The student body numbers 641 students, from pre-K through 5.
CITRUS, which runs INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL, has 26 schools and 15,594 students.
At 77%, White students outnumber all other groups at INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL combined. Smaller groups are 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 88% of Citrus County residents are White. By the diversity index, INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL comes in at 39%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1 at INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL, with 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 49% of enrollment. That is close to the 48% average for public schools in Citrus County.
The allk12 Grade for INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.5%. INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL scores 55.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Citrus County, median household income is about $56,546, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is among the 28 public schools in Citrus County.
The nearest other public school, CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. On average proficiency, INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 641, 5% above the 613 of 2020-21.
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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
Other schools in INVERNESS
- CITRUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,465 students
- INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 911 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 637 students
- CITRUS ESCHOOLCombined · 69 students
- WITHLACOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGEHigh · 2 students
- CITRUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAMCombined
Nearby schools
- CITRUS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,465
- CITRUS ESCHOOL0.4 mi · 69
- WITHLACOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE0.5 mi · 2
- INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 911
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 637
- HERNANDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 730
Frequently asked questions
About INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOLHow many students attend INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL?
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 641 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL have?
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL are roughly 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL in?
INVERNESS PRIMARY SCHOOL is part of CITRUS.
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