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Enrollment
740
Elementary
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105003593
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL
695 ROLLING ACRES RD, LADY LAKE, FL 32159 · (352) 751-0111 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL740 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
418 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 | 38 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
68%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
63.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
71.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 71.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.9% | 61.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
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 THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL this school | 740 | 56.5% | 61.3% |
| MAPLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 819 | 57.4% | 56.9% |
| FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FRUITLAND PARK | 688 | 58.9% | 38.8% |
| SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 735 | 55.0% | 60.6% |
| WENDELL WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 764 | 58.6% | 47.4% |
| NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 763 | 60.3% | 52.2% |
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 THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #808 of 2,136 | #10 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #603 of 2,149 ▲ 282 | #9 of 29 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #693 of 2,149 ▲ 72 | #8 of 29 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 740 | #593 of 2,267 | #16 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #879 of 2,077 | #16 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #354 of 2,108 | #11 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #1,028 of 2,188 | #11 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #855 of 1,374 | #5 of 16 |
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
740
+53 (+8%) vs 2020
+11% since 2000-01, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 740 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 56% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 762 | 50.2 | 15.2:1 | 54% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 49 | 15.5:1 | 61% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 51 | 13.5:1 | 57% (391) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 57 | 14.7:1 | 73% (612) |
| 2015-16 | 823 | 57 | 14.4:1 | 76% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 54 | 14.1:1 | 69% (523) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 51% (337) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL.
About THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in LADY LAKE, Florida, administered by LAKE. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 740 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
LAKE enrolls 47,997 students in 60 schools, including THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL.
No group is above 50% at THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 46%. It is also 27% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 7% multiracial. Lake County's residents are about 67% White, 21 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL scores 68%.
Based on 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL has a ratio of 15.4:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 56%. The average for public schools in Lake County is 38%.
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 68% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL's results are 8.4 points above predicted: 61.3% against 52.9%.
Lake County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $73,161, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake County's 67 public schools enroll about 47,997 students and include THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL.
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is about 3.3 miles from STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is ahead of the 45.6% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL as Suburb: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased 8% over 4 years, reaching 740 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.5:1 to 15.4:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 588
- FRUITLAND PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 688
- VILLAGES CHARTER SCHOOL5.4 mi · 4,062
- LAKE WEIR MIDDLE SCHOOL5.6 mi · 1,141
- HARBOUR VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 833
- RIMES EARLY LEARNING & LITERACY CENTER7.3 mi · 242
Frequently asked questions
About THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOLHow many students attend THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL?
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 740 students in grades PK-05.
Is THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL have?
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 27% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL in?
THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is part of LAKE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.