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Which teacher or staff member at HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001423
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY
6800 HENNEPIN BLVD, ORLANDO, FL 32818 · (407) 296-6410 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
18.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
456 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 53 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +10.3pp since 2023
Math
45.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 45.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 38.5% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY this school | 619 | 73.7% | 44.2% |
| GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 595 | 75.3% | 36.9% |
| PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 671 | 74.8% | 41.5% |
| WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 512 | 75.0% | 40.3% |
| DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY RIVIERA BEACH | 529 | 75.8% | 31.8% |
| DILLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 556 | 73.9% | 40.4% |
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 HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,629 of 2,136 | #126 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,727 of 2,149 ▲ 140 | #128 of 159 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,285 of 2,149 ▲ 343 | #94 of 159 ▲ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #961 of 2,267 | #66 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #1,732 of 2,077 | #150 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #1,896 of 2,108 | #156 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #313 of 2,188 | #17 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #1,113 of 1,374 | #103 of 112 |
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
619
+42 (+7%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 619 | 34 | 18.2:1 | 74% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 33 | 18.3:1 | 79% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 565 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 80% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 74% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 75% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 100% (788) |
| 2010-11 | 735 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 83% (608) |
| 2000-01 | 816 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 84% (686) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 35 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY.
About HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is one of the public schools in ORLANDO, Florida. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 619 students in pre-K through 5.
ORANGE runs 272 schools with a combined 207,778 students. HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Most students at HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY are Black: 85% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic and 3% White. The county population is about 20% Black. By the diversity index, HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY comes in at 27%.
Its teaching staff equals 34 full-time positions, a ratio of 18.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 74%. That rate is above the 39% average among public schools in Orange County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.2% actual, 44.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Orange County show that median household income is about $79,719, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 216,813 students.
ROBINSWOOD MIDDLE is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 42.8%, lower than HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY's 44.2%.
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 619 was 7% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 577. Students per teacher rose from 15.2 in 2020-21 to 18.2 in 2024-25.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
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- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- ROBINSWOOD MIDDLE0.5 mi · 985
- SILVER PINES ACADEMY K-12 LEARNING CENTER0.9 mi · 69
- MAGNOLIA SCHOOL0.9 mi · 115
- INNOVATIONS MIDDLE CHARTER1.0 mi · 132
- WEST OAKS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 494
- PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARYHow large is HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY?
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY serve?
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is approximately 18.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY?
At HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 3% White, 10% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY in?
HIAWASSEE ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.