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Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171008899
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY
3755 SKYWAY DR, SANFORD, FL 32773 · (407) 638-9696 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
16.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
223 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 | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 20% smaller than its 8th grade class (90).
Student demographics
68%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
72.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
72.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 72.3% |
| 2023-24 | 71.2% | 70.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY this school | 804 | 27.7% | 68.9% |
| CARILLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVIEDO | 907 | 27.2% | 72.8% |
| WESLEY CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 724 | 30.1% | 61.2% |
| GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SANFORD | 590 | 28.1% | 66.9% |
| TIMBER TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 819 | 25.8% | 81.7% |
| SILVER RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAVIE | 849 | 29.3% | 69.9% |
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 GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #504 of 2,136 | #18 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #554 of 2,149 ▼ 16 | #16 of 41 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #352 of 2,149 ▼ 32 | #13 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #458 of 2,267 | #9 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,148 of 2,077 | #39 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #380 of 2,108 | #17 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.7% | #1,868 of 2,188 | #35 of 42 |
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
804
+163 (+25%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 804 | 50 | 16.1:1 | 28% (223) |
| 2023-24 | 797 | 53 | 15.0:1 | 31% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 785 | 49.7 | 15.8:1 | 30% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 29% (183) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY.
About GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY is a mid-sized elementary school in Florida, with an address in SANFORD. In all, 804 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. It has 33% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY is run by SEMINOLE, whose 74 schools enroll 63,934 students.
White students account for 48% of enrollment at GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY, more than any other group. The remaining students are 26% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. Among people living in Seminole County, the White share is about 59%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY scores 68%.
The school has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Of all students at GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY, 28% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Seminole County average 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY would score about 67.3%. It scores 68.9%, 1.6 points above that figure.
Looking at the county, Seminole County, median household income comes to about $85,761, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 77, with about 63,934 students.
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING is the nearest public school to GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY, about 2.2 miles away. Within five miles of GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 68.9% is above the 52.7% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY's location as Rural: Fringe. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY had a net gain of 163 students, or 25%.
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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 SANFORD
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,385 students
- MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,323 students
- BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 903 students
- GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNETElementary · 901 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 896 students
Nearby schools
- GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING2.2 mi · 590
- SCPS CONSEQUENCE UNIT2.5 mi · 25
- MIDWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 789
- MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,323
- PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 714
- TAPP CHILDCARE CENTER3.8 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAYHow many students attend GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY?
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY enrolls approximately 804 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY serve?
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY have?
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY?
Student demographics at GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY are roughly 48% White, 26% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY in?
GALILEO SCHOOL FOR GIFTED LEARNING SKYWAY is part of SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.