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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002857
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY
555 N WEKIWA SPRINGS RD, APOPKA, FL 32712 · (407) 884-2275 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
319 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 37 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
49.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
51.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 51.6% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 43.6% |
% 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
50.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY's state test result (50.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY this school | 626 | 51.0% | 50.2% |
| MANATEE CHARTER SCHOOL BRADENTON | 619 | 51.2% | 41.2% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUART | 658 | 52.4% | 44.6% |
| LAKE MAGDALENE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 739 | 53.7% | 49.6% |
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 645 | 54.1% | 57.9% |
| SAN CARLOS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 642 | 50.3% | 44.8% |
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 CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #1,325 of 2,136 | #98 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #1,482 of 2,149 ▲ 203 | #110 of 159 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,309 of 2,149 ▼ 50 | #96 of 159 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #940 of 2,267 | #63 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,255 of 2,077 | #119 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #755 of 2,108 | #60 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #1,265 of 2,188 | #76 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #739 of 1,374 | #65 of 112 |
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
626
-72 (-10%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 759
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 626 | 38 | 16.5:1 | 51% (319) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 40 | 17.2:1 | 59% (407) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 47 | 15.2:1 | 58% (413) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 51 | 13.7:1 | 51% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 57% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 69% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 810 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 54% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 759 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 27% (208) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY.
About CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in Florida, located in APOPKA. A total of 626 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is one of 272 schools in ORANGE, which enrolls 207,778 students in total.
Hispanic students are the majority at CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, with 53% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% White, 15% Black, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.5:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The lunch program counts 51% of students at CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Orange County report 39%.
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is 5.4 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (50.2% versus 55.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is located in Orange County, where the median household income is $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY's location as Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 626, a 10% decrease from 698 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in APOPKA
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- WEKIVA HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- KELLY PARK SCHOOLElementary · 1,073 students
- PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 863 students
- APOPKA MIDDLEMiddle · 858 students
Nearby schools
- WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 800
- LOVELL ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 655
- SHEELER HIGH CHARTER1.9 mi · 333
- BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 849
- AMIKIDS ORLANDO2.3 mi · 26
- APOPKA MIDDLE2.5 mi · 858
Frequently asked questions
About CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARYHow large is CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY?
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY serve?
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY have?
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY?
At CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 28% White, 53% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY public or private?
CLAY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.