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ALOMA ELEMENTARY
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALOMA ELEMENTARY
ALOMA ELEMENTARY is a cozy elementary-level community in WINTER PARK, Florida, overseen by ORANGE. The school serves 509 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, ALOMA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ALOMA ELEMENTARY lists that 51% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 22% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, ALOMA ELEMENTARY records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALOMA ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.8%.
In the area at large, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ALOMA ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).
ALOMA HIGH CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ALOMA ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.7%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALOMA ELEMENTARY has ticked down 8%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 509 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, members of the ALOMA ELEMENTARY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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