ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY

ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in WINTER GARDEN, Florida, run under ORANGE, works with 748 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY sits 24% larger than that benchmark.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY logs that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 39%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.2%; this one delivers 73.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WATER SPRING MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ATWATER BAY ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 68.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.