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Enrollment
765
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001890
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1010 SAND LAKE RD, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32714 · (407) 746-1050 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% 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.
- A+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
13.7:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
580 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 28 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
59.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
67.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.9% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 57.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 765 | 75.8% | 62.8% |
| ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 721 | 74.6% | 41.1% |
| BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 711 | 72.3% | 45.0% |
| PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL PALMETTO | 606 | 75.1% | 45.9% |
| FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 731 | 74.6% | 38.4% |
| COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 873 | 72.5% | 38.2% |
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 FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #734 of 2,136 | #24 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #770 of 2,149 ▲ 256 | #24 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #835 of 2,149 ▲ 209 | #29 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #543 of 2,267 | #15 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #251 of 2,077 | #8 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #550 of 2,108 | #28 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #255 of 2,188 | #8 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #769 of 1,374 | #16 of 30 |
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
765
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 924
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 765 | 56 | 13.7:1 | 76% (580) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 75% (558) |
| 2022-23 | 793 | 54.3 | 14.6:1 | 75% (592) |
| 2020-21 | 795 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 69% (549) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 66% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 68 | 12.8:1 | 69% (603) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 61 | 13.8:1 | 58% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 863 | 46 | 18.8:1 | 32% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 924 | 48 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida. The school counted 765 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 27% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
SEMINOLE operates 74 schools. Combined enrollment is 63,934 students.
Hispanic students are 52% of those enrolled at FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 21% White, 18% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Seminole County's population at about 24%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. At FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Seminole County averages 47%, lower than here.
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Florida public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida schools. It scores 62.8%; the prediction is 43.2%.
In Seminole County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $85,761, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 77 public schools and about 63,934 students.
LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles from FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 795 students in 2020-21 to 765 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
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Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,120 students
- ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 577 students
- LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 574 students
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Other Forest City Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Forest City Elementary. FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Forest City Elementary SchoolForest City, IA · 448 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,813
- WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 800
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 505
- TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,120
- BEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 849
- SABAL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 923
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 765 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.7:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 21% White, 52% Hispanic, 18% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.