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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING this year?
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Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147005655
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
4300 CHESTNUT ST, KISSIMMEE, FL 34759 · (407) 870-4862 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
491 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 | 44 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
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
44.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 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 | 44.4% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 42.6% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING this school | 729 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
| MELALEUCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 664 | 66.4% | 41.5% |
| KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 714 | 68.8% | 36.2% |
| ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 780 | 70.9% | 34.6% |
| THOMPSON ELEMENTARY RUSKIN | 789 | 64.9% | 35.7% |
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 CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #1,606 of 2,136 | #25 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,602 of 2,149 ▲ 129 | #18 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,581 of 2,149 ▼ 232 | #27 of 45 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #627 of 2,267 | #29 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #990 of 2,077 | #11 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #1,161 of 2,108 | #20 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #572 of 2,188 | #9 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #380 of 621 | #8 of 12 |
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
729
+53 (+8%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 729 | 46.5 | 15.7:1 | 67% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 44 | 16.6:1 | 66% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 62% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 66% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 47 | 14.4:1 | 54% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 63% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 78% (563) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
About CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING is a medium-sized elementary school based in KISSIMMEE, Florida. A federal count lists 729 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
OSCEOLA operates 83 schools. Combined enrollment is 75,388 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, at 62%. Smaller groups are 24% Black and 10% White. CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.7:1, with 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 67%. The gap from the 52% average for public schools in Osceola County is 15 points.
allk12 grades CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING is 2.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Osceola County show that the median household income is $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING is one of 88 public schools in the county.
Nearby, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away. CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranked by average proficiency, CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 53 more students in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Nearby schools
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 479
- NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 445
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- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY3.5 mi · 837
- KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 714
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Frequently asked questions
About CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGHow many students attend CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING?
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING enrolls approximately 729 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING serve?
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
What is the student diversity at CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING?
Student demographics at CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING are roughly 10% White, 62% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING public or private?
CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSCEOLA.
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