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What's the most underrated thing about LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
843
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105003980
LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2229 SOUTH ST, LEESBURG, FL 34748 · (352) 365-6308 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
514 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
30.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.8pp since 2023
Math
35.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.5% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 35.8% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 843 | 61.0% | 34.0% |
| ROCHELLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS LAKELAND | 762 | 59.6% | 61.0% |
| EUSTIS HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EUSTIS | 684 | 61.0% | 34.9% |
| JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 856 | 64.1% | 46.5% |
| WINDMILL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 1,056 | 61.9% | 54.2% |
| SPESSARD L HOLLAND ELEMENTARY BARTOW | 843 | 64.5% | 47.9% |
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 LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,005 of 2,136 | #29 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #2,022 of 2,149 ▼ 71 | #28 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #2,057 of 2,149 ▼ 74 | #29 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #382 of 2,267 | #13 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #1,752 of 2,077 | #28 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #79 of 2,108 | #1 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #873 of 2,188 | #5 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #361 of 621 | #6 of 10 |
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
843
+180 (+27%) vs 2020
-7% since 2010-11, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 843 | 46 | 18.3:1 | 61% (514) |
| 2023-24 | 871 | 48 | 18.1:1 | 63% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 47 | 17.5:1 | 71% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 663 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 68% (448) |
| 2017-18 | 777 | 59 | 13.2:1 | 86% (671) |
| 2015-16 | 851 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 87% (737) |
| 2010-11 | 908 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 81% (736) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in LEESBURG, Florida. Enrollment totals 843 students across pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 40% larger than that mark.
LAKE runs LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 59 other schools, enrolling 47,997 students in total.
The student body at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group. Black students lead at 34%. The next largest groups are 29% Hispanic, 28% White, and 9% multiracial. The school's Black share is 23 points above the 11% share among Lake County residents. A diversity index of 72% means there is a 72% chance two randomly chosen students at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is lower. Of all students at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 61% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Lake County, the average eligibility rate is 38%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50.6%. It actually posts 34.0%, which is 16.6 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Lake County show that the median household earns about $73,161 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Lake County has 67 public schools with about 47,997 students, including LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 7th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 843, compared with 663 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 14.4 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,683 students
- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,763 students
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Other schools in LEESBURG
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- TREADWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 737 students
- BEVERLY SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 558 students
- RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTERElementary · 242 students
Other Leesburg Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Leesburg Elementary. LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Leesburg Elementary SchoolLeesburg, IN · 567 students
- Leesburg ElementaryLeesburg, VA · 428 students
Nearby schools
- OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 558
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,724
- CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 737
- RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER2.1 mi · 242
- BEVERLY SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 596
- FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 688
Frequently asked questions
About LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 843 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.3:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 28% White, 29% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAKE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.