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CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in CASSELBERRY, Florida, one of the schools within SEMINOLE. The school caters to 716 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within SEMINOLE, which oversees 74 schools and 63,934 students, CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school employs 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Seminole County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 66.7%, a residual of +19.7 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Seminole County shows median household income runs about $85,761, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 77 public schools in Seminole County (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students).
SOUTH SEMINOLE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 4%, going from 749 students in 2018 to 716 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 46% to 35%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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