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GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in SANFORD, Florida, part of SEMINOLE, serveing 901 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is one of 74 schools operated by SEMINOLE, a district that serves 63,934 students overall.
Demographically, GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET logs that the most-represented group is Asian (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 17% Hispanic, 14% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET logs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 30% of students at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Seminole County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.9%, the actual is 76.9%, a residual of +10.9 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Seminole County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $85,761 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is one of 77 public schools in Seminole County (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students).
Nearest neighbor: SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET operates from a metropolitan location.
Looking at the recent track record. GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 893 (now 901). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 16% to 47%.
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