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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002782
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY
12550 MARSFIELD AVE, ORLANDO, FL 32837 · (407) 858-3120 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
290 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 | 42 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
58%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
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY→FREEDOM MIDDLE
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
58.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
55.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.5% | 55.1% |
| 2023-24 | 53.9% | 49.8% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY this school | 617 | 47.0% | 55.9% |
| SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 481 | 47.6% | 61.8% |
| GREENFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 570 | 52.3% | 47.2% |
| ARBOR RIDGE K-8 ORLANDO | 756 | 38.8% | 75.9% |
| CITRUS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 514 | 41.2% | 65.3% |
| ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 418 | 53.1% | 36.0% |
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 JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #1,049 of 2,136 | #81 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #1,322 of 2,149 ▲ 67 | #93 of 159 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #901 of 2,149 ▲ 74 | #73 of 159 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #969 of 2,267 | #68 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #707 of 2,077 | #52 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #998 of 2,108 | #83 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.0% | #1,389 of 2,188 | #85 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #427 of 1,374 | #40 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
617
-25 (-4%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 47% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 58% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 55% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 642 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 51% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 788 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 71% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 72% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 62% (481) |
| 2000-01 | 935 | 56 | 16.7:1 | 33% (312) |
| 1990-91 | 702 | 36 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY.
About JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in ORLANDO, Florida. Enrollment totals 617 students across pre-K through 5.
The 272 schools in ORANGE enroll 207,778 students altogether, JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY among them.
About 62% of the student body at JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY is Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 15% White, 10% Asian, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
With 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.1:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY, 47% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY would score about 57.6%. It scores 55.9%, 1.8 points below that figure.
In Orange County, home to about 1,471,937 people, median household income comes to about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 286 public schools in the county, enrolling about 216,813, JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY among them.
HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE is the nearest public school to JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles of JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY is behind the 59.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%.
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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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Nearby schools
- HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE1.4 mi · 1,057
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK1.6 mi · 1,501
- WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 644
- HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 749
- ENDEAVOR ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 593
- FREEDOM MIDDLE2.2 mi · 1,150
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARYHow large is JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY?
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 617 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY serve?
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.1:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY are roughly 15% White, 62% Hispanic, 9% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY in?
JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.