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How has CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
685
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171005391
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
231 RINEHART RD, LAKE MARY, FL 32746 · (407) 871-8112 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL685 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
354 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 36 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
57.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 57.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 61.8% |
% 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
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 685 | 51.7% | 59.5% |
| LAYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 543 | 49.5% | 68.3% |
| TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 582 | 51.7% | 75.4% |
| LIMONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 543 | 52.7% | 57.9% |
| STENSTROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 697 | 43.0% | 73.4% |
| BROOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 686 | 46.8% | 61.4% |
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 CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #896 of 2,136 | #29 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #1,203 of 2,149 ▼ 328 | #31 of 41 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #925 of 2,149 ▼ 275 | #30 of 41 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 685 | #761 of 2,267 | #24 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #944 of 2,077 | #34 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #73 of 2,108 | #3 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #1,229 of 2,188 | #19 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #860 of 1,374 | #20 of 30 |
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
685
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 685 | 44 | 15.6:1 | 52% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 48% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 47.4 | 14.8:1 | 48% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 49% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 55 | 14.1:1 | 41% (318) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 55 | 13.6:1 | 44% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 788 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 38% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-sized elementary school, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in LAKE MARY, Florida. There are 685 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to SEMINOLE, which has 74 schools and 63,934 students.
The largest group at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 35%. The school is also 35% White, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. That is higher than the 24% Hispanic share among all Seminole County residents. The diversity index for CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 72%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. The school has 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 58% of Florida public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 55.3% at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.5%.
For Seminole County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $85,761, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 77 public schools and about 63,934 students.
The closest school to CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is UCP SEMINOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6.
Under the NCES locale system, CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 699 students in 2020-21 and 685 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in LAKE MARY
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 900 students
- LAKE MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 881 students
- GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- HEATHROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- SEMINOLE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 547 students
Other Crystal Lake Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Crystal Lake Elementary. CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTUART, FL · 443 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKELAND, FL · 437 students
Nearby schools
- UCP SEMINOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT0.5 mi · 144
- LAKE MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 881
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 2,714
- GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 858
- A SEMINOLE COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL2.1 mi · 210
- ENDEAVOR SCHOOL2.4 mi · 34
Frequently asked questions
About CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 685 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.