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Enrollment
928
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001372
LAKE COMO SCHOOL
2450 E GORE ST, ORLANDO, FL 32806 · (407) 897-6420 · Orange County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL928 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- ·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
15.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
413 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 | 37 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 123 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (85).
Student demographics
69%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
LAKE COMO SCHOOL→WILLIAM R BOONE HIGH
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
62.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
63.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 63.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 59.7% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 LAKE COMO SCHOOL
LAKE COMO SCHOOL's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE COMO SCHOOL this school | 928 | 44.5% | 58.9% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOOL AT MANDARIN JACKSONVILLE | 856 | 46.6% | 53.9% |
| CROWN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 785 | 47.3% | 51.0% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM BAY | 984 | 46.8% | 53.5% |
| WARREN HOPE DAWSON ELEMENTARY RIVERVIEW | 812 | 38.3% | 43.0% |
| GATEWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 839 | 41.8% | 49.9% |
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 LAKE COMO SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #921 of 2,136 | #73 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #954 of 2,149 ▼ 6 | #71 of 159 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #729 of 2,149 ▲ 224 | #60 of 159 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 928 | #266 of 2,267 | #19 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #779 of 2,077 | #58 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #266 of 2,108 | #10 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #1,455 of 2,188 | #87 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +154.2% | #6 of 621 | #1 of 30 |
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
928
+233 (+34%) vs 2020
+104% since 1990-91, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 928 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 45% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 887 | 61 | 14.5:1 | 51% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 885 | 61 | 14.5:1 | 54% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 695 | 58 | 12.0:1 | 49% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 59% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 22 | 10.7:1 | 77% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 24 | 10.6:1 | 70% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 59% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 454 | 31 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE COMO SCHOOL.
About LAKE COMO SCHOOL
LAKE COMO SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in ORLANDO, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 8, and enrollment is 928 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 54% larger than that.
LAKE COMO SCHOOL sits within ORANGE, which has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at LAKE COMO SCHOOL, at 35%. Other reported shares: 34% Hispanic, 25% Black, and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 69%, meaning two students picked at random have a 69% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 45% in 2024-25.
LAKE COMO SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 49% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, LAKE COMO SCHOOL would be expected to post about 58.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, the median household income is $79,719, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. LAKE COMO SCHOOL is one of 286 public schools in the county.
WILLIAM R BOONE HIGH is the public school closest to LAKE COMO SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts LAKE COMO SCHOOL at 3rd of 5.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 928 students in 2024-25, 233 more than the 695 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- 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 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
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM R BOONE HIGH1.2 mi · 2,650
- CENTRAL FLORIDA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER1.3 mi · 100
- VILLAGE1.4 mi · 6
- BLANKNER K-81.4 mi · 824
- HOWARD MIDDLE1.4 mi · 1,185
- JUVENILE DETENTION1.4 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE COMO SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE COMO SCHOOL?
LAKE COMO SCHOOL enrolls approximately 928 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does LAKE COMO SCHOOL serve?
LAKE COMO SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKE COMO SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKE COMO SCHOOL is approximately 15.2:1 (61 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at LAKE COMO SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE COMO SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 34% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees LAKE COMO SCHOOL?
LAKE COMO SCHOOL is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.