LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida, overseen by SEMINOLE. The school works with 574 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SEMINOLE runs 74 schools in total, collectively educating 63,934 students. LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 26% Black, 23% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Seminole County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.9%; this one delivers 51.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Seminole County put median household earnings sit near $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Seminole County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), of which LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 18%, going from 698 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 31% to 23% over that span.

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