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What's something CANOE CREEK K-8 does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,155
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147008947
CANOE CREEK K-8
3600 CANOE CREEK RD, ST CLOUD, FL 34772 · (407) 891-7320 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,155 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
572 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 39 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 166 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 146 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (146).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
71.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
81.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 4 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 | 71.5% | 81.2% |
| 2023-24 | 67.6% | 75.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 CANOE CREEK K-8
CANOE CREEK K-8's state test result (74.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANOE CREEK K-8 this school | 1,155 | 49.5% | 74.9% |
| DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,066 | 51.8% | 66.5% |
| PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 954 | 52.1% | 52.8% |
| MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 921 | 49.8% | 53.6% |
| HICKORY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 1,078 | 47.7% | 58.4% |
| MASCOTTE CHARTER SCHOOL MASCOTTE | 937 | 48.1% | 55.9% |
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 CANOE CREEK K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #301 of 2,136 | #1 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #245 of 2,149 ▲ 109 | #1 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.5% | #385 of 2,149 ▲ 50 | #1 of 45 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,155 | #105 of 2,267 | #7 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,425 of 2,077 | #25 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #1,155 of 2,108 | #19 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,320 of 2,188 | #33 of 46 |
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
1,155
+525 (+83%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 1,155 | 68 | 17.0:1 | 50% (572) |
| 2023-24 | 1,197 | 71.5 | 16.7:1 | 52% (619) |
| 2022-23 | 1,182 | 64.5 | 18.3:1 | 51% (600) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 46% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CANOE CREEK K-8.
About CANOE CREEK K-8
CANOE CREEK K-8 is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ST CLOUD, Florida. Its 1,155 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 91% above the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
OSCEOLA has 75,388 students spread across 83 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at CANOE CREEK K-8, at 60%. Other students are 30% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 68 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at CANOE CREEK K-8 was 17.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. CANOE CREEK K-8's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 50%. That tracks the 52% average for public schools in Osceola County.
Test results at CANOE CREEK K-8 are 18.5 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.9%, compared with a predicted 56.4%, which ranks in the top 10% in Florida.
Osceola County has these Census figures: the median household income is $72,637, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Osceola County has 88 public schools and roughly 74,164 students.
Nearest public school: ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.3%; CANOE CREEK K-8's is 74.9%, ranking 1st of 8.
NCES assigns CANOE CREEK K-8 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.
The school counted 630 students in 2020-21 and 1,155 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in ST CLOUD
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- VOYAGER K-8Elementary · 1,246 students
- ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,213 students
- HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 721 students
Nearby schools
- ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 721
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ST.CLOUD3.5 mi · 737
- MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 921
- ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,213
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 2,596
- OSCEOLA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE (SECONDARY)3.9 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About CANOE CREEK K-8What is the total enrollment at CANOE CREEK K-8?
CANOE CREEK K-8 enrolls approximately 1,155 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does CANOE CREEK K-8 serve?
CANOE CREEK K-8 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CANOE CREEK K-8?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at CANOE CREEK K-8.
How diverse is CANOE CREEK K-8?
CANOE CREEK K-8 reports a student body of 30% White, 60% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is CANOE CREEK K-8 in?
CANOE CREEK K-8 is part of OSCEOLA.
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