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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144003744
AVALON ELEMENTARY
13500 TANJA KING BLVD, ORLANDO, FL 32828 · (407) 207-3825 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
106 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
84.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 84.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 79.8% |
% 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
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 AVALON ELEMENTARY
AVALON ELEMENTARY's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVALON ELEMENTARY this school | 553 | 19.2% | 78.5% |
| GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOPER CITY | 556 | 24.3% | 77.1% |
| WESTERN ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 711 | 21.1% | 81.6% |
| SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 699 | 18.5% | 74.7% |
| INA A.COLEN ACADEMY OCALA | 546 | 11.7% | 72.7% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 456 | 24.1% | 71.4% |
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 AVALON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #214 of 2,136 | #18 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.7% | #157 of 2,149 ▲ 78 | #11 of 159 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #186 of 2,149 ▲ 93 | #18 of 159 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #1,208 of 2,267 | #89 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #856 of 2,077 | #71 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #534 of 2,108 | #39 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.2% | #2,014 of 2,188 | #140 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #63 of 1,374 | #5 of 112 |
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
553
-76 (-12%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 553 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 19% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 24% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 31% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 27% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 933 | 57 | 16.4:1 | 26% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 949 | 61 | 15.6:1 | 26% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 819 | 58 | 14.1:1 | 21% (172) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AVALON ELEMENTARY.
About AVALON ELEMENTARY
AVALON ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in ORLANDO, Florida. It educates 553 students in kindergarten through 5.
ORANGE counts 207,778 students in its 272 schools, and AVALON ELEMENTARY is one of them.
The most common group at AVALON ELEMENTARY is White students, at 44%. Other groups make up 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, about 42% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 65% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.4:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch subsidy eligibility at AVALON ELEMENTARY is 19%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
After adjusting for student poverty, AVALON ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 78.5%; the prediction is 71.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Orange County show that the median household income is $79,719, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides AVALON ELEMENTARY, Orange County has 285 other public schools.
The closest public school, PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON, is about 0.7 miles from AVALON ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 75.4%; AVALON ELEMENTARY's is 78.5%, ranking 3rd of 9.
NCES assigns AVALON ELEMENTARY the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at AVALON ELEMENTARY dropped 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 629 to 553 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at AVALON ELEMENTARY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other Avalon Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Avalon Elementary. AVALON ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 363 students
- Avalon ElementaryPerris, CA · 563 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 399 students
- Avalon Elementary SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 345 students
- Avalon ElementaryApache Junction, AZ · 313 students
Nearby schools
- PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON0.7 mi · 498
- PINECREST COLLEGIATE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 13
- AVALON MIDDLE0.8 mi · 791
- STONE LAKES ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 617
- TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 610
- TIMBER CREEK HIGH1.1 mi · 3,383
Frequently asked questions
About AVALON ELEMENTARYHow large is AVALON ELEMENTARY?
AVALON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 553 students in grades KG-05.
Is AVALON ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
AVALON ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at AVALON ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at AVALON ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at AVALON ELEMENTARY?
At AVALON ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 44% White, 37% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is AVALON ELEMENTARY public or private?
AVALON ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.