DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY

Located at 1356 S ECONLOCKHATCHEE TRL, in ORLANDO, Florida, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is a close-knit primary school that enrolls 472 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of ORANGE. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 22% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY is one.

CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 472). The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 47% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.