📍 2600 S Panther Pride Dr, Lecanto, Citrus County, 34461
Crest School is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Lecanto, Citrus County. The school has 111 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Citrus school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.0:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths.
Crest School enrolls 111 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 70% male and 30% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 13% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 85 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 7 | 6.3% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 4.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
66 of the school's 111 students (59%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 63 qualify for free lunch and 3 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Crest School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 10, state house district 34.
Crest School is one of 28 schools in CITRUS, based in INVERNESS, Florida. The district serves 15,531 students district-wide and employs 980 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 111 students, Crest School is smaller than the district average of about 555 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe