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Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 790 Cr 482n, Lake Panasoffkee, Sumter County, 33538

584
Pupils
15.8
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lake Panasoffkee, Sumter County. The school has 584 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tara Wells. It is part of the Sumter school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a rural setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. 66% of students are proficient in reading. 62% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Tara Wells
School district
Sumter

Enrollment & staffing

Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School enrolls 584 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.

Male students
317 (54%)
Female students
267 (46%)
Teachers (FTE)
37
Student-teacher ratio
15.8:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 8.4% Black or African American.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White42072%
Hispanic or Latino6511%
Black or African American498.4%
Two or more races488.2%
Asian1<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

381 of the school's 584 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 357 qualify for free lunch and 24 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Rural, DistantGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 12, state house district 33.

School district: SUMTER

Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School is one of 12 schools in SUMTER, based in BUSHNELL, Florida. The district serves 10,013 students district-wide and employs 555 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 584 students, Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 834 students per school.

10,013
District students
12
Schools
555
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

66%
Reading proficient
62%
Math proficient
24%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Rural - Distant

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