CHENEY ELEMENTARY

CHENEY ELEMENTARY, a cozy elementary-level community in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, educates 397 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CHENEY ELEMENTARY sits 34% below that benchmark.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, CHENEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CHENEY ELEMENTARY logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black, 14% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CHENEY ELEMENTARY has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, CHENEY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which CHENEY ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: FORSYTH WOODS ELEMENTARY, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHENEY ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHENEY ELEMENTARY has declined 20%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 9% to 17% over that span.

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