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What's the most underrated thing about COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
489
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001451
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY
18501 CYPRESS LAKE GLEN BLVD, ORLANDO, FL 32820 · (407) 568-2921 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
196 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
71.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
489
-85 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.1:1
% White
45%
was 56%
% Hispanic
37%
was 26%
% Black
7%
was 8%
% Asian
6%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY, a modestly sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, operated by ORANGE, teaches 489 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.
On demographics, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, On paper, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.
In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is one.
Nearest neighbor: CORNER LAKE MIDDLE, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 574 students in 2018 compared to 489 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.
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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 ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- CORNER LAKE MIDDLE0.9 mi · 767
- EAST RIVER HIGH1.5 mi · 2,026
- CASTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 555
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 432
- CAMELOT ELEMENTARY3.1 mi · 545
- TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE3.1 mi · 1,067
Frequently asked questions
About COLUMBIA ELEMENTARYHow many students attend COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY?
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 489 students in grades PK-05.
Is COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY?
COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 45% White, 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY public or private?
COLUMBIA 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.