BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of medium-sized scale in SANFORD, Florida, part of SEMINOLE, instructing 903 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

SEMINOLE comprises 74 schools with combined enrollment of 63,934 students; BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 21% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Seminole County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 57.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Seminole County indicate median household income runs about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Seminole County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

IDYLLWILDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 60.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 951 students in 2018 compared to 903 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 21% over that span.

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