Summary:
In zip code 34731, there is one elementary school, Fruitland Park Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 in the Fruitland Park area and is part of the Lake County school district.
Fruitland Park Elementary School has a total enrollment of 688 students and faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 15% of Florida elementary schools over the past three years. The school underperforms compared to both district and state averages across nearly all subjects and grade levels. For the 2025-2026 school year, English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency ranges from 39% to 43%, while math proficiency ranges from 42% to 55%, with 5th grade math being a particular weakness. Science proficiency for 5th graders is 48%, which is 12 percentage points below the state average. The school serves a majority low-income population, with 58.87% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, and has a chronic absenteeism rate of 33.9%—which is actually better than the district average of 37.7%.
Despite these challenges, there is a positive trend in ELA performance, with 3rd grade proficiency jumping from 28% to 41% and 4th grade from 35% to 43% between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. This improvement may indicate that new instructional strategies are beginning to take effect. The school spends $12,588 per student and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1, suggesting that financial resources alone are not closing the performance gap. The data strongly indicates that the school's challenges are tied to socioeconomic factors and attendance, requiring targeted support beyond classroom instruction to improve outcomes.
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