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MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL
MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the substantial elementary schools in MASCOTTE, Florida, part of LAKE, with 937 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL sits 55% bigger than that benchmark.
Within LAKE, which oversees 60 schools and 47,997 students, MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL reports 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 55.9%, a residual of -1.2 points.
In the surrounding community, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,161 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 67 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students).
Nearest neighbor: THE ACADEMY AT LAKE HILLS SCHOOL- SOUTH, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.
The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL has rose 20%, going from 779 students in 2018 to 937 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Lake County at a glance
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