East Ridge Middle, 13201 Excalibur Road, Clermont: grades 6-8, 1,089 students (2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 352-536-8020.
Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: Lake County Schools and its school locations and middle school zone map data, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.
East Ridge Middle School is the Lake County Schools middle school on Excalibur Road, beside East Ridge High on the southeast side of Clermont. Its mailing address is Clermont, but the campus is in unincorporated Lake County, just outside the city limits, on the city limits map Lake County publishes. About 32% of the address points inside Clermont are zoned for it, including all of Waterbrooke.
Who to call
- Front office: 352-536-8020, 13201 Excalibur Road, Clermont, FL 34711
- School website: erm.lake.k12.fl.us
- Enrolling, zones and buses: Lake County Schools, 352-253-6500, 201 W. Burleigh Blvd., Tavares
- State report card: East Ridge Middle on the state’s report card site
| Address | 13201 Excalibur Road, Clermont, FL 34711 |
| Phone | 352-536-8020 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| Run by | Lake County Schools |
| 2026 state grade | A (72% of points) |
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 1,089 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 58 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 19 students per teacher.
- State figure: the state’s report card shows current enrollment by grade and student group. It is an interactive dashboard and could not be read for this page.
State report card
Florida gave East Ridge Middle an A in its 2026 school grades, its third A in a row. The school earned 72% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.
| 2026 school grade measure | Result |
|---|---|
| School grade | A (72% of points) |
| English language arts achievement | 71% |
| Math achievement | 74% |
| Science achievement | 73% |
| Social studies achievement | 84% |
| Middle school acceleration | 91% |
Achievement is the share of tested students who scored on grade level on the state’s tests. Florida grades every public school A to F from those results, students’ learning gains and, for middle schools, a middle school acceleration measure, the columns of the state’s file show. For a middle school, A is 64% of possible points or more, B is 57% to 63%, C is 44% to 56% and D is 34% to 43%, the file says.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Zones do not follow city limits. Check any address on the district’s middle school zone map and confirm with the district at 352-253-6500 before you enroll. Which school each part of the city is zoned for is in our neighborhoods guide.
Of the 28,475 address points Lake County lists inside Clermont, 9,055 fall in East Ridge Middle’s zone on the district’s 2025 map. Of those, 6,713 are zoned for East Ridge High and 2,342 for Lake Minneola High.
The district does not publish a feeder list. On its 2025 zone maps, these zones overlap East Ridge Middle’s, shown as the share of each zone’s area:
- Elementary schools feeding in: Grassy Lake Elementary in Minneola (all of it), Lost Lake Elementary (about 47%) and Pine Ridge Elementary (about 1%)
- High schools it feeds: East Ridge High (about 58% of the zone), Lake Minneola High (about 41%) and South Lake High (about 1%)
Rezoning. We found no boundary change approved by the Lake County School Board that affects East Ridge Middle after the 2025 zone maps. The district’s own boundary pages could not be reached on Oct. 8; ask the district before you buy or rent for a school.
Calendar and bell times
From the Lake County School Board’s 2026-27 student calendar (PDF):
- Monday, Oct. 12: teacher workday, no school
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; classes resume Wednesday, Jan. 6
The full calendar is in our Clermont schools guide. Ask the front office for the bell schedule.
More on Clermont schools
- The school’s website, which the district runs
- Every public school in Clermont, with zones and report cards
- Our Clermont schools guide for the full calendar, registration and School Board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does East Ridge Middle School serve?
East Ridge Middle serves grades 6 through 8. It is at 13201 Excalibur Road, Clermont, next to East Ridge High, and its main line is 352-536-8020.
What is East Ridge Middle School’s Florida school grade?
East Ridge Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 72% of possible points. It has earned an A three years running.
Which high school does East Ridge Middle feed into?
Its zone is split. On Lake County Schools’ 2025 maps, about 58% of East Ridge Middle’s zone lies in East Ridge High’s zone and about 41% in Lake Minneola High’s, so the high school depends on the address.
Which elementary schools feed into East Ridge Middle?
On the district’s 2025 maps, all of Grassy Lake Elementary’s zone in Minneola and about 47% of Lost Lake Elementary’s lie inside East Ridge Middle’s zone.
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