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Enrollment
901
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001879
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET
1300 W 20TH ST, SANFORD, FL 32771 · (407) 320-5850 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL901 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 89% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest 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
15.5:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
274 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 | 39 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
70%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
77.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
76.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 76.1% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 74.0% |
% 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
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET this school | 901 | 30.4% | 76.9% |
| PRIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 980 | 21.9% | 78.4% |
| JACKSONVILLE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE BEACH | 611 | 9.2% | 96.8% |
| ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER ORLANDO | 721 | 24.4% | 81.8% |
| SEMINOLE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 547 | 25.2% | 79.7% |
| CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 858 | 29.1% | 74.5% |
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 GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #251 of 2,136 | #11 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #411 of 2,149 ▼ 3 | #12 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #224 of 2,149 ▼ 21 | #11 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 901 | #308 of 2,267 | #4 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #924 of 2,077 | #32 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #201 of 2,108 | #8 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.4% | #1,807 of 2,188 | #31 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #587 of 621 | #8 of 9 |
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
901
+59 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,000
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 901 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 30% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 916 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 35% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 53.5 | 17.3:1 | 37% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 842 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 44% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 893 | 61 | 14.6:1 | 53% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 860 | 63 | 13.7:1 | 63% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 661 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 59% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 738 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 58% (429) |
| 1990-91 | 1,000 | 56 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET.
About GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET
SANFORD, Florida, is home to GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 901 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 49% larger than that.
SEMINOLE oversees GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET and 73 other schools, with 63,934 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET. The largest is Asian students, at 47%. Next come 17% Black, 17% Hispanic, 14% White, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 5% Asian among all Seminole County residents. GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 58 full-time-equivalent teachers at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET and a ratio of 15.5:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 30% of students. That is lower than the 47% average for public schools in Seminole County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Florida, GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 76.9% actual against a predicted 65.9%.
Among Seminole County residents, the median household income is $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is one of 77 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment grew 7% from its 2020-21 level of 842. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.8:1 in 2020-21, and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 3,807
- WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 585
- PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNETHow many students attend GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET?
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET enrolls approximately 901 students in grades PK-05.
Is GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET an elementary, middle, or high school?
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is approximately 15.5:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET?
Student demographics at GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET are roughly 14% White, 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 47% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET in?
GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET is part of SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.