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What's one thing CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147000913
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2251 LAKESIDE DR, KISSIMMEE, FL 34743 · (407) 344-5000 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% 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.
- C-Beats 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
14.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
280 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 | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
40%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
45.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
46.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 46.1% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 41.9% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 455 | 61.5% | 42.3% |
| DICKENSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 514 | 61.3% | 39.0% |
| SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY OCOEE | 445 | 61.8% | 42.4% |
| CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 529 | 63.5% | 27.2% |
| CUTLER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 430 | 64.9% | 52.8% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY LAKES MIAMI | 400 | 64.0% | 49.5% |
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 CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #1,709 of 2,136 | #28 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,721 of 2,149 ▲ 34 | #21 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,534 of 2,149 ▲ 142 | #25 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #1,592 of 2,267 | #39 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #399 of 2,077 | #3 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #1,676 of 2,108 | #39 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #850 of 2,188 | #20 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.3% | #103 of 1,374 | #5 of 23 |
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
455
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
-58% since 2000-01, when it was 1,095
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 62% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 470 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 67% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 62% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 64% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 703 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 60% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 67% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 53 | 13.8:1 | 80% (584) |
| 2000-01 | 1,095 | 61 | 17.9:1 | 71% (780) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in KISSIMMEE, Florida. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 455 students. The school's enrollment is 25% smaller than the 604 average for elementary schools in Florida.
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 83 schools: OSCEOLA, with 75,388 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Black and 9% White. The county population is about 56% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 32 full-time equivalents, or about 14.2 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 14.2:1 here. About 62% of students, or 280, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Osceola County, the average is 52%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 42.3%; the prediction is 50.3%.
Osceola County has about 427,415 residents, and the median household income is $72,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. In all, Osceola County has 88 public schools and roughly 74,164 students.
The closest other public school is LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOLS(OSCEOLA CAMPUS), about 0.6 miles away. CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.3% against a local average of 57.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment dropped from 507 in 2020-21 to 455 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.
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
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Other Cypress Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cypress Elementary. CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 11.
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOMPANO BEACH, FL · 733 students
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW PORT RICHEY, FL · 554 students
- Cypress ElementaryFontana, CA · 572 students
- Cypress ElementaryTulare, CA · 562 students
- Cypress ElementaryCovina, CA · 558 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOLS(OSCEOLA CAMPUS)0.6 mi · 120
- PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 544
- HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM1.1 mi · 2
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM)1.2 mi · 170
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,882
- BOGGY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-05.
Is CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.2:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 9% White, 76% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSCEOLA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.