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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001896
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
525 PINEVIEW ST, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32701 · (407) 746-2950 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
471 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
51.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.9% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 46.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 577 | 81.6% | 53.1% |
| BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO | 452 | 79.6% | 40.8% |
| IDEA LAKELAND LAKELAND | 452 | 81.9% | N/A |
| LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 576 | 77.6% | 39.3% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 437 | 79.9% | 28.1% |
| SLEEPY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 711 | 80.0% | 45.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,175 of 2,136 | #34 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,410 of 2,149 ▲ 140 | #33 of 41 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #1,217 of 2,149 ▲ 86 | #36 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #1,110 of 2,267 | #31 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #207 of 2,077 | #5 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #284 of 2,108 | #14 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #124 of 2,188 | #5 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #358 of 1,374 | #3 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
577
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 577 | 43 | 13.4:1 | 82% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 45.5 | 13.7:1 | 83% (519) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 38.9 | 15.1:1 | 78% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 79% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 759 | 59 | 12.9:1 | 73% (557) |
| 2015-16 | 797 | 67 | 11.9:1 | 74% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 57 | 13.8:1 | 60% (470) |
| 2000-01 | 750 | 45 | 16.7:1 | 36% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 43 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida, is ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 577 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 74 schools in SEMINOLE totals 63,934 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 43% of enrollment. Other groups include 29% Black, 18% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Seminole County residents are about 24% Hispanic. By the diversity index, ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 69%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.4:1, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 82%. That is 35 points above the 47% average for public schools in Seminole County.
The model predicts 40.3% for a school in Florida with ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 53.1%.
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Seminole County, where median household income is about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 77 public schools in Seminole County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,934.
MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 9 schools close by.
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 590 in 2020-21, 577 in 2024-25. The ratio was 15.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,120 students
- FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 765 students
- LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 574 students
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,334
- ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 898
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,026
- LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 574
- WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 785
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 505
Frequently asked questions
About ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 577 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.4:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 43% Hispanic, 29% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.