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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147007621
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5000 KOA ST, KISSIMMEE, FL 34758 · (407) 518-1161 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
491 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 48 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 41% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
37.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
35.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 35.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 34.8% |
% 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 714 | 68.8% | 36.2% |
| CHESTNUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING KISSIMMEE | 729 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| CARIBBEAN K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 752 | 69.8% | 48.0% |
| STARLIGHT COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANTANA | 792 | 67.3% | 38.8% |
| ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 780 | 70.9% | 34.6% |
| EDGEWOOD ACADEMY FORT MYERS | 598 | 68.7% | 35.8% |
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 KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,943 of 2,136 | #36 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #2,030 of 2,149 ▼ 58 | #38 of 45 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,863 of 2,149 ▼ 141 | #36 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #666 of 2,267 | #31 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #918 of 2,077 | #8 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #1,008 of 2,108 | #15 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #505 of 2,188 | #7 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #550 of 621 | #9 of 12 |
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
714
+160 (+29%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 861
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 714 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 69% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 41 | 17.3:1 | 65% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 44.5 | 15.0:1 | 63% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 73% (406) |
| 2017-18 | 702 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 59% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 763 | 45 | 17.0:1 | 72% (546) |
| 2010-11 | 861 | 56 | 15.4:1 | 79% (681) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in KISSIMMEE, Florida. Its enrollment is 714 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of OSCEOLA, where 83 schools serve 75,388 students.
The share of Hispanic students at KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58%, a majority. It is also 29% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Osceola County at about 56% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 46 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Osceola County report 52%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 36.2% actual against 46.7% predicted.
The school is in Osceola County, where the median household earns about $72,637 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Osceola County with 87 other public schools.
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 42.6% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 29%.
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
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- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Nearby schools
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY0.7 mi · 837
- POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS1.2 mi · 558
- DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 804
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 422
- NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 445
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,362
Frequently asked questions
About KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 714 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 58% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.