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What's the biggest difference between BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
849
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001862
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3399 GLEAVES CT, APOPKA, FL 32703 · (407) 746-5550 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL849 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
500 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
67%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
54.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 50.6% |
% 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
52.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 849 | 58.9% | 52.7% |
| MANATEE COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 787 | 58.7% | 50.4% |
| IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE PALMETTO | 853 | 55.1% | 51.8% |
| HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 814 | 61.3% | 47.2% |
| STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 700 | 54.6% | 60.4% |
| EASTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER PARK | 645 | 59.2% | 58.5% |
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 BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,195 of 2,136 | #35 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,635 of 2,149 ▼ 274 | #36 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #1,094 of 2,149 ▼ 16 | #32 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 849 | #375 of 2,267 | #7 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #603 of 2,077 | #22 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #396 of 2,108 | #18 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #952 of 2,188 | #17 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #384 of 1,374 | #4 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
849
-84 (-9%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 905
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 849 | 57.5 | 14.8:1 | 59% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 59 | 13.9:1 | 62% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 924 | 56.1 | 16.5:1 | 59% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 933 | 55 | 17.0:1 | 58% (542) |
| 2017-18 | 1,102 | 75 | 14.7:1 | 49% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 1,102 | 72 | 15.3:1 | 55% (602) |
| 2010-11 | 1,068 | 66 | 16.2:1 | 42% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 1,111 | 58 | 19.2:1 | 20% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 905 | 48 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in APOPKA, Florida. The school has 849 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
SEMINOLE operates 74 schools. Combined enrollment is 63,934 students.
The largest group at BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 41%. Other students are 36% White, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Seminole County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Staffing at BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 57.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 59% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Seminole County.
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.7%, compared with a predicted 51.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
Seminole County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $85,761, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Seminole County's 77 public schools enroll about 63,934 students and include BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased 9% over 4 years, reaching 849 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.0:1 to 14.8:1.
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 APOPKA
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- WEKIVA HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- KELLY PARK SCHOOLElementary · 1,073 students
- PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 863 students
- APOPKA MIDDLEMiddle · 858 students
Other Bear Lake Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bear Lake Elementary. BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Bear Lake Elementary SchoolBEAR LAKE, MI · 147 students
Nearby schools
- TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,120
- WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 800
- FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 765
- AMIKIDS ORLANDO1.8 mi · 26
- CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 626
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,813
Frequently asked questions
About BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 849 students in grades PK-05.
Is BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 36% White, 41% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BEAR LAKE 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.