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THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE 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 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL
Located at 695 ROLLING ACRES RD, in LADY LAKE, Florida, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that works with 740 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of LAKE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL sits 23% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 60 schools in LAKE (47,997 students total), THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 17% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.3%.
Across the wider county, Lake County reports that median household income runs about $73,161, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is STANTON-WEIRSDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 3.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, THE VILLAGES ELEMENTARY OF LADY LAKE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 838 students in 2018 compared to 740 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 57% to 46%.
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Lake County at a glance
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