AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY

AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY, a tight-knit elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, run under ORANGE, caters to 470 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

On demographics, AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, On paper, AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 52.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY is one.

COLONIAL HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. AZALEA PARK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 470). Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 65% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.