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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001392
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY
500 N PARK AVE, APOPKA, FL 32712 · (407) 884-2227 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
375 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 | 30 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
65%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
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
57.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 56.4% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 674 | 55.6% | 53.2% |
| CORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIBSONTON | 696 | 57.6% | 38.5% |
| RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 736 | 54.9% | 46.8% |
| CROISSANT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 682 | 58.8% | 55.5% |
| MINTZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 687 | 58.8% | 45.8% |
| ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 679 | 58.3% | 38.4% |
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 DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,166 of 2,136 | #84 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,222 of 2,149 ▼ 122 | #86 of 159 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,474 of 2,149 ▼ 249 | #113 of 159 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #800 of 2,267 | #48 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,391 of 2,077 | #128 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #586 of 2,108 | #46 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.6% | #1,055 of 2,188 | #66 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #474 of 1,374 | #47 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
674
-9 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 827
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 674 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 56% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 66% (431) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 65% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 58% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 63% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 786 | 55 | 14.3:1 | 74% (584) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 55% (426) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 50 | 14.2:1 | 57% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 827 | 49 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY.
About DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY
Located in APOPKA, Florida, DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 674 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
A total of 272 schools make up ORANGE, with 207,778 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 50% of enrollment at DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY, more than any other group. The remaining students are 28% Black, 16% White, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY scores 65%.
The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Of all students at DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY, 56% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 39%.
On BeatsExpectations, DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 286 public schools with about 216,813 students.
APOPKA MIDDLE, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd of 8 on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (683) and 2024-25 (674). The school's ratio increased from 13.4:1 to 16.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in APOPKA
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- WEKIVA HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- KELLY PARK SCHOOLElementary · 1,073 students
- PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 863 students
- APOPKA MIDDLEMiddle · 858 students
Nearby schools
- APOPKA MIDDLE0.2 mi · 858
- APOPKA HIGH0.9 mi · 3,446
- APOPKA ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 847
- SHEELER HIGH CHARTER1.4 mi · 333
- LOVELL ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 655
- PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 407
Frequently asked questions
About DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARYHow large is DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-05.
Is DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY have?
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 16% White, 50% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.