SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized primary school in CLERMONT, Florida, part of LAKE. Current enrollment sits at 853 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 41% larger than typical.

LAKE comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 47,997 students; SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 35% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.2%; this one delivers 50.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lake County put median household earnings sit near $73,161, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Lake County runs 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), of which SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WATER SPRING MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 2.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.9%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. SAWGRASS BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 38% since 2018, when it stood at 1,366 (now 853). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 53% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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