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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002475
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY
1356 S ECONLOCKHATCHEE TRL, ORLANDO, FL 32825 · (407) 249-6320 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
190 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 | 31 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
56%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
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
67.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
66.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.6% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 64.6% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 →
Schools most like DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY this school | 472 | 40.3% | 67.1% |
| PLATO ACADEMY TRINITY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 489 | 41.1% | 53.1% |
| OLDSMAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OLDSMAR | 473 | 39.1% | 70.7% |
| A. GARY WALSINGHAM ACADEMY PANAMA CITY BEACH | 470 | 40.2% | 53.4% |
| BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 547 | 40.6% | 69.5% |
| SAFETY HARBOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAFETY HARBOR | 588 | 40.6% | 76.3% |
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 DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #559 of 2,136 | #49 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #812 of 2,149 ▼ 56 | #63 of 159 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #531 of 2,149 ▼ 146 | #45 of 159 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #1,525 of 2,267 | #116 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #425 of 2,077 | #24 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #1,065 of 2,108 | #87 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.3% | #1,571 of 2,188 | #97 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #1,079 of 1,374 | #100 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
472
+59 (+14%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 472 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 40% (190) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 47% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 46% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 37 | 11.2:1 | 54% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 56% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 455 | 39 | 11.7:1 | 59% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 45 | 11.5:1 | 43% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 625 | 53 | 11.8:1 | 31% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 858 | 53 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY.
About DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY
Located in ORLANDO, Florida, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school had 472 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
The ORANGE system has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
At DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY, White students make up 61% of the student body. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 42% White share among all Orange County residents. DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 56%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 33 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.3:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 40% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Florida, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 67.1% actual against a predicted 61.0%.
Within Orange County, the median household income is $79,719, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Orange County has 286 public schools and roughly 216,813 students.
CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is the closest public school, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 67.1% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY's enrollment climbed from 413 in 2020-21 to 472 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 11.2:1 to 14.3:1.
The DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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Other schools in ORLANDO
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Other Deerwood Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Deerwood Elementary. DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 422 students
- Deerwood Elementary SchoolKINGWOOD, TX · 641 students
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARYEAGAN, MN · 528 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 619
- PINAR ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 342
- LITTLE RIVER ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 355
- LIBERTY MIDDLE1.8 mi · 857
- ANDOVER ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 629
- HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About DEERWOOD ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY?
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 472 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY serve?
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY have?
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY are roughly 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY?
DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.