📍 42630 State Road 19, Altoona, Lake County, 32702
Altoona School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Altoona, Lake County. The school has 292 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dawn Cerney. It is part of the Lake school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. It operates as a public charter school. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths.
Altoona School enrolls 292 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 235 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
291 of the school's 292 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 291 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Altoona School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. 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-60, state senate district 12, state house district 31.
Altoona School is one of 61 schools in LAKE, based in TAVARES, Florida. The district serves 47,982 students district-wide and employs 2,719 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 292 students, Altoona School is smaller than the district average of about 787 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe