1
What do you wish you knew before starting at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001412
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY
2500 CADY WAY, WINTER PARK, FL 32792 · (407) 623-1400 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
201 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
67%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
58.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
62.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.6% | 62.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.1% | 66.4% |
% 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY this school | 608 | 33.1% | 62.7% |
| LAKEMONT ELEMENTARY WINTER PARK | 629 | 35.5% | 61.8% |
| ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 569 | 30.1% | 68.4% |
| FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 688 | 34.4% | 73.7% |
| FLORANADA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 719 | 29.6% | 75.8% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 679 | 33.3% | 75.0% |
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 BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #738 of 2,136 | #61 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #998 of 2,149 ▼ 313 | #74 of 159 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #898 of 2,149 ▼ 293 | #72 of 159 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,009 of 2,267 | #72 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #378 of 2,077 | #20 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #415 of 2,108 | #24 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #1,749 of 2,188 | #110 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #358 of 621 | #14 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
608
+97 (+19%) vs 2020
+53% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 608 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 33% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 37 | 15.3:1 | 33% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 44% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 46% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 43% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 33% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 539 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 32% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY.
About BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in WINTER PARK, Florida. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 608 students.
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY is part of a district of 272 schools: ORANGE, with 207,778 students.
The largest group at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY is White students, at 41%. The remaining students are 38% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Orange County at about 42% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY scores 67%.
Classroom staffing at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY totals 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY is about 33%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY are 1.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (62.7% actual, 64.6% predicted).
For the population of Orange County, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is WINTER PARK HIGH (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 19%, from 511 to 608. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.5:1 to 14.1:1.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 WINTER PARK
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
- EASTBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 645 students
- LAKEMONT ELEMENTARYElementary · 629 students
- ALOMA ELEMENTARYElementary · 509 students
- ALOMA HIGH CHARTERHigh · 447 students
Nearby schools
- WINTER PARK HIGH0.6 mi · 3,277
- ALOMA ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 509
- ALOMA HIGH CHARTER1.1 mi · 447
- LAKEMONT ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 629
- GLENRIDGE MIDDLE1.5 mi · 1,111
- CHENEY ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY?
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY serve?
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY?
At BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 41% White, 38% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY?
BROOKSHIRE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.