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CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
School pathway
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 63.7% |
| 2023-24 | 59.4% | 57.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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%.
Schools most like CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY
CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 693 | 20.6% | 60.4% |
| MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 842 | 18.5% | 73.1% |
| SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 699 | 18.5% | 74.7% |
| VILLAGE PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 597 | 22.1% | 69.5% |
| HAWKES BLUFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTHWEST RANCHES | 608 | 26.0% | 77.5% |
| BAY LAKE ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 680 | 20.3% | 65.6% |
Where CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #847 of 2,136 | #68 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #925 of 2,149 ▲ 134 | #69 of 159 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #801 of 2,149 ▼ 55 | #68 of 159 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #729 of 2,267 | #44 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,159 of 2,077 | #103 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #898 of 2,108 | #77 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.6% | #1,996 of 2,188 | #136 of 162 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 21% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 737 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 24% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 39% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 38% (264) |
About CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY
CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of ORLANDO, Florida. It reported 693 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY belongs to ORANGE, a district of 272 schools and 207,778 students.
Federal enrollment data show CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY is 54% Hispanic. Next come 33% White, 8% Asian, and 4% Black. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY scores 60%.
With 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 21% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 60.4%, compared with a predicted 70.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Orange County, median household income comes to about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County's 286 public schools enroll about 216,813 students and include CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY.
BAY LAKE ELEMENTARY is about 0.8 miles from CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY had 688 students in 2020-21 and 693 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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