Lake Pointe Academy, Clermont FL

Original Research by School Decision on Lake Pointe Academy

Lake Pointe Academy sits on Cagan View Road in Clermont, a fast-growing city in Lake County that has transformed rapidly from a citrus-grove community into one of the Orlando area's busiest residential suburbs. The school serves prekindergarten through eighth grade as a regular public school within Lake County Schools, offering families a single campus that spans from early childhood through the end of middle school.

Clermont itself is car-dependent by nature, as is most of Central Florida, though it has a walkable historic downtown core and an extensive parks system anchored by Waterfront Park on Lake Minneola. Publicly reported accounts note that longtime residents have expressed concern that the city's rapid population growth has come at the cost of its small-town feel. The area around the school is residential and suburban, with healthcare, retail, and hospitality making up the backbone of local employment. Housing values near the school are above the Florida statewide median, and rents place a meaningful share of monthly income toward housing costs for a typical household. Home values have edged slightly downward over the past year, in line with broader softening in Florida's market.

Enrollment at Lake Pointe Academy is sizable for a PK-8 campus, with students spread relatively evenly across grade levels. The student body is majority Hispanic, with White and Black students making up the next largest groups. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting meaningful economic diversity. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in what was provided, so parents with students in those categories may want to ask the school directly about services and staffing.

On Florida's FAST assessments, the academic picture is mixed. Math proficiency rates across grades three through seven generally land in the mid-range, with fourth grade showing the strongest results among tested grades. Eighth-grade math proficiency is markedly lower than the other grades, a gap that parents of rising middle schoolers may want to raise with the school. Reading and ELA results follow a similar pattern: mid-range across most grades, with third and eighth grade showing the weakest results. Science proficiency at both tested grades, fifth and eighth, falls below half of students reaching the proficiency threshold. Trend data across prior years was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether results are improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent wanting to understand trajectory should ask the school about year-over-year performance on Florida's assessments.

Because Lake Pointe Academy ends at eighth grade, graduation rate data does not apply here. Students completing eighth grade would move on to a Lake County Schools high school.

At the district level, several things are worth knowing. Voters approved a school safety property tax renewal in 2022 that funds safety officers, nurses, and mental health staff including counselors, social workers, and psychologists across Lake County Schools. A second measure, proposing an additional mill to fund teacher pay increases alongside the existing safety millage, is publicly reported to be on the November 2026 ballot; if approved, it would take effect in mid-2027. The district also opened a new K-8 school in the fast-growing south Lake County area in fall 2025, which required attendance boundary adjustments that affected neighboring schools. Families new to the area should confirm their assigned school, since boundary changes in a rapidly growing county can shift with limited notice. Florida's statewide ban on student cell phone use during instructional time also now applies across all Lake County public schools, changing the daily classroom environment.

Lake Pointe Academy fits a family looking for a neighborhood public school that carries children from pre-K through the end of middle school on a single campus, in a community that is actively growing and adding infrastructure around it. The academic results, as reported, sit in the lower-to-middle range for Florida schools, and the eighth-grade numbers in particular are an area a parent may want to explore further with school leadership.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 63% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 460%

School 60% · District 62% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 57% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 57% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 43% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 58% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 56% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 445%

School 45% · District 53% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 54% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 57% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 55% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 53% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 55% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 50% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income24%Higher-income38%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income34%Higher-income57%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income40%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income52%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income51%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income38%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income56%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income53%Higher-income67%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income36%Higher-income50%14 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income46%Higher-income52%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income67%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income23%Higher-income25%2 pp gap