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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDRY·NCES 120078000885
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
150 W COWBOY WAY, LABELLE, FL 33935 · (863) 674-4150 · Hendry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-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
16.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
286 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
49.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +14.2pp since 2023
Math
58.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +26.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 27 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.8% | 31.9% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 446 | 64.1% | 42.0% |
| DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 390 | 61.8% | 54.0% |
| POINCIANA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 468 | 68.6% | 61.0% |
| EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY LABELLE | 552 | 65.2% | 44.2% |
| BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 375 | 62.4% | 51.3% |
| SKYCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 521 | 66.8% | 61.8% |
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 LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hendry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,719 of 2,136 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #1,165 of 2,149 ▲ 869 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,349 of 2,149 ▲ 496 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #1,623 of 2,267 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,274 of 2,077 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #1,379 of 2,108 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #733 of 2,188 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #800 of 1,374 | 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
446
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 446 | 27 | 16.5:1 | 64% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 75% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 27.3 | 16.0:1 | 77% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 75% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 81% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 69% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 84% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 42 | 19.3:1 | 78% (637) |
| 1990-91 | 841 | 45 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school for students in LABELLE, Florida. There are 446 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 26% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
HENDRY serves 13,430 students across 13 schools.
The student body at LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 65% Hispanic. It is also 26% White and 6% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 27 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Roughly 64% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hendry County average a similar 64%.
On the allk12 Grade, LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 17% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 7.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (42.0% actual, 49.0% predicted).
The school's county is Hendry County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $56,393 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Hendry County with 15 other public schools.
COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 7 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 446, up from 422 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 14.1:1 to 16.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hendry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,382
Census ACS
Median income
$56,393
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,592 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENDRY
- DIGITAL ACADEMY OF FLORIDACombined · 6,069 students
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 966 students
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- CLEWISTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in LABELLE
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,422 students
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
- LABELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 830 students
- WEST GLADES SCHOOLElementary · 651 students
- EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARYElementary · 552 students
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATIONCombined · 5 students
Other Labelle Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Labelle Elementary. LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- LaBelle Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 339 students
Nearby schools
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION0.1 mi · 5
- EDWARD A. UPTHEGROVE ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 552
- COUNTRY OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 935
- LABELLE HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,422
- GLADES WEST4.1 mi · 1
- WEST GLADES SCHOOL4.1 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 26% White, 65% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LABELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HENDRY.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.