Pine Ridge Elementary, 10245 County Road 561, Clermont: pre-K to 5, 690 students (2024-25), an A in Florida's 2026 school grades. 352-242-2223.
Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: Lake County Schools and its school locations and elementary zone map data, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.
Pine Ridge Elementary School is a Lake County Schools elementary school on County Road 561, about four miles south of downtown Clermont. Its mailing address is Clermont, but it sits in unincorporated Lake County, outside the city limits, on the city limits map Lake County publishes. Most of its zone lies outside the city; 596 of the city’s address points, about 2%, are zoned for it.
Who to call
- Front office: 352-242-2223, 10245 County Road 561, Clermont, FL 34711
- School website: pre.lake.k12.fl.us
- Enrolling, zones and buses: Lake County Schools, 352-253-6500, 201 W. Burleigh Blvd., Tavares
- State report card: Pine Ridge Elementary on the state’s report card site
| Address | 10245 County Road 561, Clermont, FL 34711 |
| Phone | 352-242-2223 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| Run by | Lake County Schools |
| 2026 state grade | A (65% of points) |
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 690 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 46 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is 15 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 Pine Ridge Elementary an A in its 2026 school grades, after B’s in 2025 and 2024. The school earned 65% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file.
| 2026 school grade measure | Result |
|---|---|
| School grade | A (65% of points) |
| Third-grade English language arts achievement | 64% |
| English language arts achievement | 58% |
| Math achievement | 72% |
| Science achievement | 73% |
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 and students’ learning gains, the columns of the state’s file show. For an elementary school, A is 62% of possible points or more, B is 54% to 61%, C is 41% to 53% and D is 32% to 40%, the file says.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Zones do not follow city limits. Check any address on the district’s elementary 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.
The district does not publish a feeder list. By area on its 2025 maps:
- Middle: about 97% of Pine Ridge’s zone lies inside the zone of Cecil E. Gray Middle in Groveland, about 2% inside Windy Hill Middle’s and about 1% inside East Ridge Middle’s
- High: about 97% lies inside South Lake High’s zone and about 3% inside East Ridge High’s
The part inside Clermont is different. All 596 of the city’s address points in Pine Ridge’s zone are zoned for East Ridge High; 506 of them for East Ridge Middle and 90 for Windy Hill Middle.
Rezoning. We found no boundary change approved by the Lake County School Board that affects Pine Ridge Elementary 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 Pine Ridge Elementary School serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. It is at 10245 County Road 561, Clermont, and its main line is 352-242-2223.
What is Pine Ridge Elementary’s Florida school grade?
Pine Ridge Elementary earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 65% of possible points, up from a B in 2025.
Which middle and high school does Pine Ridge Elementary feed into?
Most of its zone, about 97% of the area, lies in Cecil E. Gray Middle’s and South Lake High’s zones on Lake County Schools’ 2025 maps. The small part inside Clermont’s city limits is zoned for East Ridge Middle or Windy Hill Middle and East Ridge High.
Is Pine Ridge Elementary in the city of Clermont?
No. It has a Clermont mailing address but sits in unincorporated Lake County, about four miles south of downtown Clermont. About 2% of the city’s address points are in its zone.
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