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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
821
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147007895
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4001 BOGGY CREEK RD, KISSIMMEE, FL 34744 · (407) 943-8450 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL821 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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
15.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
350 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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (114) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
54%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
52.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 55.8% |
% 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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 821 | 42.6% | 51.7% |
| FLORA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 765 | 46.5% | 32.1% |
| ESSRIG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 608 | 44.2% | 55.3% |
| MATER ACADEMY NARCOOSSEE ORLANDO | 1,096 | 41.1% | 65.9% |
| FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAVIE | 642 | 39.6% | 58.5% |
| OJUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 835 | 48.0% | 53.8% |
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 EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,246 of 2,136 | #13 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,300 of 2,149 ▼ 172 | #12 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,192 of 2,149 ▼ 162 | #15 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 821 | #419 of 2,267 | #20 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #715 of 2,077 | #5 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #1,190 of 2,108 | #22 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #1,509 of 2,188 | #39 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #731 of 1,374 | #17 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
821
-19 (-2%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 821 | 54.5 | 15.1:1 | 43% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 943 | 53 | 17.8:1 | 47% (439) |
| 2022-23 | 918 | 59.5 | 15.4:1 | 43% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 44% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 958 | 64 | 15.0:1 | 41% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 1,028 | 69 | 14.9:1 | 50% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 65% (517) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in KISSIMMEE, Florida. In all, 821 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 36% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within OSCEOLA, which has 83 schools and 75,388 students.
About 65% of the student body at EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 8% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Osceola County residents are about 56% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 15.1:1, based on 54.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 43% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Osceola County, the average is 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 29% of Florida public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 51.7%. Predicted: 59.8%.
In the surrounding county, Osceola County, the median household earns about $72,637 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Osceola County has 88 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 821, starting from 840.
This page collects posts and questions about EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 East Lake Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named East Lake Elementary. EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 432 students
- East Lake Elementary SchoolLAKEVILLE, MN · 844 students
- East Lake ElementaryMcDonough, GA · 671 students
- East Lake Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 626 students
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMASSAPEQUA PARK, NY · 523 students
Nearby schools
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,929
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES1.4 mi · 962
- LUMINARY MIDDLE2.1 mi · 662
- LAUREATE PARK ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 1,220
- NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,042
- NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 839
Frequently asked questions
About EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 821 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 65% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
EAST LAKE 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.