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CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a close-knit K-5 school in KISSIMMEE, Florida, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 455 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by OSCEOLA. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 604.
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 83 schools operated by OSCEOLA, a district that serves 75,388 students overall.
On the student-mix side, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 10% Black, 9% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.
Looking at school resources, CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Osceola County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Osceola County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Osceola County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOLS(OSCEOLA CAMPUS), roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 57.0%.
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 703 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 85% to 76% across the same window.
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