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What's the biggest difference between LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY and what you expected?
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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144003452
LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY
4801 BLOODHOUND ST, ORLANDO, FL 32818 · (407) 532-7900 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
331 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
45.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
565
-149 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.5:1
% White
2%
was 5%
% Hispanic
14%
was 12%
% Black
80%
was 80%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY
LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY is one of the mid-sized primary schools in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE, with 565 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY records that 80% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 39%.
After controlling for student poverty, LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.8%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -7.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY has ticked down 21%, going from 714 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.
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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
- 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
- PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 776
- DEVEREUX TREATMENT PROGRAM1.3 mi · 30
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 497
- MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE1.6 mi · 808
- ACCELERATION WEST1.7 mi · 246
- INNOVATIONS MIDDLE CHARTER1.7 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE GEM ELEMENTARYHow many students attend LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY?
LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 565 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY serve?
LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY have?
LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY are roughly 2% White, 14% Hispanic, 80% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY in?
LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.