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ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY

5985 LA COSTA DR, ORLANDO, FL 32807 · (407) 249-6340 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
357 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
50
Kindergarten
83
Grade 1
86
Grade 2
78
Grade 3
84
Grade 4
79
Grade 5
97
Student demographics
White
6011%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 33%
Hispanic
44880%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 38%
Black
458%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 21%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 3%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
25746%
Female
30054%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
33.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.1pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 7 points.

Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
557
-13 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.8:1
% White
11%
was 6%
% Hispanic
80%
was 86%
% Black
8%
was 6%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY

ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY is a reasonably sized K-5 school in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE. The school caters to 557 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that serves 207,778 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 11% White, 8% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Orange County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.0%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of -8.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ROBERTO CLEMENTE MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY has changed only slightly, going from 570 students in 2018 to 557 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 86% to 80%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.

Orange County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY
District
ORANGE
Address
5985 LA COSTA DR, ORLANDO, FL 32807
Phone
(407) 249-6340
County
Orange County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
557
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
15.5:1
Free/Reduced lunch
357 (64%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
120144001405
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY
What is the total enrollment at ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY?
ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY serve?
ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.5:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY are roughly 11% White, 80% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY in?
ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
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