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What's one thing KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
954
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144007567
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY
5240 KEENES PHEASANT DR, WINDERMERE, FL 34786 · (407) 654-1351 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL954 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
135 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 | 49 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 143 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 171 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 177 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 174 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (174).
Student demographics
65%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
78.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
80.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.7% | 80.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.7% | 83.4% |
% 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
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY this school | 954 | 14.2% | 81.4% |
| RIVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARKLAND | 993 | 13.3% | 79.2% |
| EMBASSY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOPER CITY | 1,156 | 13.3% | 80.2% |
| INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 889 | 11.5% | 77.6% |
| STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 867 | 10.3% | 79.9% |
| BEVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 826 | 15.1% | 87.4% |
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 KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #117 of 2,136 | #11 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #275 of 2,149 ▼ 132 | #18 of 159 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #184 of 2,149 ▼ 87 | #17 of 159 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 954 | #239 of 2,267 | #16 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #971 of 2,077 | #82 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #574 of 2,108 | #45 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #2,077 of 2,188 | #150 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #366 of 1,374 | #36 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
954
-64 (-6%) vs 2020
+37% since 2010-11, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 954 | 61 | 15.6:1 | 14% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 1,014 | 60 | 16.9:1 | 18% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 1,000 | 59 | 16.9:1 | 23% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 1,018 | 71 | 14.3:1 | 22% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 1,252 | 74 | 16.9:1 | 22% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 58 | 15.4:1 | 26% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 698 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 22% (153) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY.
About KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school in WINDERMERE, Florida, under ORANGE. It enrolls 954 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 58% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY is a school in ORANGE. The district has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
The student body at KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY is 50% White. After that, the student body is 29% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Orange County, the White share is about 42%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
There are 61 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.6:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 1.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 14% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 25 points below the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 81.4% actual against 74.1% predicted.
In Orange County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $79,719, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 286 public schools and about 216,813 students.
BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE is about 1.0 miles from KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 64 students, from 1,018 to 954. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.6:1, from 14.3:1.
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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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- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in WINDERMERE
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- HORIZON WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,333 students
- GOTHA MIDDLEMiddle · 988 students
- SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 699 students
- BAY LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 680 students
- WINDERMERE ELEMENTARYElementary · 574 students
Nearby schools
- BRIDGEWATER MIDDLE1.0 mi · 1,178
- WINDERMERE HIGH1.2 mi · 3,217
- INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 889
- WHISPERING OAK ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 774
- SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY2.8 mi · 726
- HORIZON WEST MIDDLE3.1 mi · 1,333
Frequently asked questions
About KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARYHow large is KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY?
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 954 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY serve?
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY are roughly 50% White, 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY?
KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.