LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in LEESBURG, Florida, overseen by LAKE. Current enrollment sits at 843 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.

Within LAKE, which oversees 60 schools and 47,997 students, LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 28% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Lake County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.6%; actual is 34.0%, a gap of -16.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lake County shows median household income runs about $73,161, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

OAK PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.5%.

LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEESBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 8%, going from 777 students in 2018 to 843 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 21% to 29%. Class-load math has grew: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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