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Enrollment
749
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002926
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY
4650 TOWN CENTER BLVD, ORLANDO, FL 32837 · (407) 858-4610 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL749 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
237 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 10 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
49%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
63.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
68.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 68.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.8% | 68.5% |
% 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
67.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY's state test result (67.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY this school | 749 | 31.6% | 67.5% |
| STONEWYCK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 660 | 32.1% | 66.9% |
| ENDEAVOR ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 593 | 34.9% | 70.0% |
| HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY OF MATH AND SCIENCE TAMPA | 819 | 31.7% | 62.0% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINES | 645 | 38.0% | 81.8% |
| VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 520 | 34.8% | 65.0% |
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 HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #550 of 2,136 | #47 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.6% | #704 of 2,149 ▼ 111 | #57 of 159 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #679 of 2,149 ▼ 25 | #58 of 159 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 749 | #574 of 2,267 | #32 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #675 of 2,077 | #49 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #1,401 of 2,108 | #115 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #1,783 of 2,188 | #116 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #780 of 1,374 | #71 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
749
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 952
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 749 | 50 | 15.0:1 | 32% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 754 | 50 | 15.1:1 | 32% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 49% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 51 | 14.9:1 | 48% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 55 | 15.7:1 | 49% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 54 | 16.4:1 | 50% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 39% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 952 | 56 | 17.0:1 | 15% (145) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY.
About HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY is an elementary school located in ORLANDO, Florida, in Orange County. Enrollment totals 749 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY sits within ORANGE, which has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
Hispanic students are 68% of those enrolled at HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY. The next largest groups are 19% White, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. In Orange County overall, about 34% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 15.0:1 is based on 50 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.5 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 32%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY is 65.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.5%.
The school is in Orange County, where the median household earns about $79,719 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY had 759 students in 2020-21 and 749 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
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- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
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- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other Hunters Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Hunters Creek Elementary. HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 3.
- Hunters Creek ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 585 students
- Hunters Creek Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 575 students
Nearby schools
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK0.3 mi · 1,501
- HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE0.6 mi · 1,057
- WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 565
- JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 617
- FLORA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 765
- ENDEAVOR ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY?
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 749 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY serve?
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY have?
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY?
At HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 19% White, 68% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY?
HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.