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ALOMA ELEMENTARY
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (65).
School pathway
Test scores
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.4% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 49.5% |
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%.
Schools most like ALOMA ELEMENTARY
ALOMA ELEMENTARY's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALOMA ELEMENTARY this school | 509 | 50.1% | 50.8% |
| SHERIDAN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 478 | 48.7% | 53.2% |
| CASTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 555 | 55.5% | 56.5% |
| LIMONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 543 | 52.7% | 57.9% |
| PASADENA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 478 | 51.9% | 51.9% |
| LAYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 543 | 49.5% | 68.3% |
Where ALOMA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #1,298 of 2,136 | #96 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,477 of 2,149 ▼ 72 | #109 of 159 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,136 of 2,149 ▼ 63 | #87 of 159 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 509 | #1,388 of 2,267 | #102 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,421 of 2,077 | #132 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #480 of 2,108 | #32 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #1,296 of 2,188 | #78 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #1,046 of 1,374 | #98 of 112 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 509 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 50% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 59% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 34 | 16.0:1 | 59% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 34 | 13.7:1 | 49% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 59% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 69% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 56% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 50% (316) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 36 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
About ALOMA ELEMENTARY
ALOMA ELEMENTARY is a small elementary school. Its address is in WINTER PARK, Florida. The school has 509 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
ORANGE is the local district for ALOMA ELEMENTARY. It runs 272 schools with 207,778 students.
More than half of enrollment at ALOMA ELEMENTARY is Hispanic: 51%. The next largest groups are 22% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 17 points above the 34% share among Orange County residents. The diversity index for ALOMA ELEMENTARY is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at ALOMA ELEMENTARY totals 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal data show 50% of students (255) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 39%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ALOMA ELEMENTARY is -5.2 points: 50.8% actual, 56.1% predicted.
In Orange County, median household income comes to about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 286, with about 216,813 students.
ALOMA ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is ALOMA HIGH CHARTER, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of ALOMA ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, ALOMA ELEMENTARY is behind the 60.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, ALOMA ELEMENTARY enrolled 465 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 509. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.7:1 in 2020-21 to 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
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