LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL

Set in LECANTO, Florida, LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary school, operated by CITRUS. It works with 816 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL sits 35% above that benchmark.

CITRUS comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 15,594 students; LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 52% of students at LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Citrus County) reports that median household income runs about $56,546, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Citrus County (combined enrollment of about 15,594 students).

Nearest neighbor: LECANTO MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LECANTO PRIMARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 762 students in 2018 compared to 816 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 83% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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