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What's something LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153002451
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
22844 WEEKS BLVD, LAND O LAKES, FL 34639 · (813) 794-1000 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
164 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
58.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
62.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 62.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 55.7% |
% 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 559 | 29.3% | 56.6% |
| PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 522 | 28.2% | 63.8% |
| KEETH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 535 | 29.2% | 79.1% |
| VETERANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 638 | 27.0% | 61.8% |
| FOREST LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLDSMAR | 480 | 30.2% | 71.5% |
| HARBORDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 494 | 31.6% | 67.7% |
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 LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,020 of 2,136 | #28 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #980 of 2,149 ▲ 149 | #26 of 60 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #894 of 2,149 ▲ 77 | #27 of 60 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #1,184 of 2,267 | #38 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #818 of 2,077 | #27 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #1,012 of 2,108 | #43 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #1,834 of 2,188 | #40 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #957 of 1,374 | #19 of 27 |
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
559
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 559 | 36.6 | 15.3:1 | 29% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 39.3 | 16.2:1 | 36% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 656 | 37.3 | 17.6:1 | 43% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 36% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 44% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 37% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 65 | 12.1:1 | 29% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 1,040 | 58 | 17.9:1 | 23% (239) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 48 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school found in LAND O LAKES, Florida. The school enrolls 559 students in pre-K through 5.
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PASCO, where 105 schools serve 86,873 students.
The student body at LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 59% White. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Pasco County's residents are about 72% White, 13 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 36.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 37% average for public schools in Pasco County is 8 points higher.
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 35% of Florida public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.6%; the prediction is 66.5%.
The school's county is Pasco County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $70,492, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Pasco County's 111 public schools enroll about 86,873 students and include LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 2.1 miles from DENHAM OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 552 in 2020-21 and 559 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.1:1 in 2020-21, and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in LAND O LAKES
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- CHARLES S. RUSHE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,365 students
- BEXLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,114 students
- ANGELINE ACADEMY OF INNOVATIONHigh · 1,088 students
- OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,045 students
Nearby schools
- DENHAM OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 738
- PINE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 522
- PINE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 929
- SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 842
- OAKSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 1,045
- COUNTRYSIDE MONTESSORI ACADEMY3.4 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 559 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 59% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE MYRTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PASCO in Pasco County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.