Summary:
Zip code 32776, covering the Sorrento, FL area, is home to a single school, Sorrento Elementary, a public PK-5 school within the Lake County school district.
Sorrento Elementary stands out as a strong academic performer, particularly in mathematics. The school's 4th-grade math proficiency rate of 89% is exceptionally high, far exceeding both the district and state averages of 65%. This strength is not uniform across all subjects, however; while 4th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) is also strong at 71%, 5th-grade ELA dips to 57%, falling below the state average of 61%. The school has demonstrated impressive year-over-year improvement, jumping from the 47th percentile (2-star rating) in the 2023-2024 school year to the 67th percentile (3-star rating) in the 2025-2026 school year, a leap of 468 places in state rankings. With a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1 and a spending per student of $11,869, the school is achieving above-average results despite a moderate level of economic disadvantage, as indicated by a 38.53% free/reduced lunch rate.
A critical concern is the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 35.5%, which is higher than the state average of 31.4%. This creates a paradox: the school is improving academically despite over a third of its students being chronically absent. This suggests that instruction for students who attend regularly is highly effective. If the school can address its absenteeism issue, its performance could potentially improve even further. The 4th-grade cohort is a notable anomaly, with exceptionally high scores in both math and ELA, which may reflect a particularly strong group of students or effective instruction at that grade level. Overall, Sorrento Elementary appears to be a "value-add" school, achieving strong academic results with a student body facing above-average economic challenges.
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