CITRUS ELEMENTARY

CITRUS ELEMENTARY is a primary school of cozy scale in OCOEE, Florida, run under ORANGE, educateing 506 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), CITRUS ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, CITRUS ELEMENTARY reports that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CITRUS ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at CITRUS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CITRUS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.3%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. CITRUS ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

Nearest neighbor: SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CITRUS ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. CITRUS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 506). The Black share of enrollment climbed from 48% to 58% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.