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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001899
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
612 NEWPORT AVE, ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL 32701 · (407) 746-2650 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
14.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
415 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
52.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 48.8% |
% 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
51.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 574 | 72.3% | 51.8% |
| PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 546 | 71.4% | 64.1% |
| JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL PALMETTO | 614 | 73.1% | 56.0% |
| ENGLISH ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FERN PARK | 637 | 71.0% | 52.6% |
| MEDULLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 488 | 73.0% | 43.1% |
| YATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRANDON | 548 | 70.3% | 31.9% |
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 ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,240 of 2,136 | #37 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #1,847 of 2,149 ▼ 402 | #40 of 41 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #1,176 of 2,149 ▼ 46 | #34 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #1,126 of 2,267 | #32 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #510 of 2,077 | #15 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #263 of 2,108 | #11 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #368 of 2,188 | #10 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #583 of 1,374 | #11 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
574
-79 (-12%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 955
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 574 | 39.5 | 14.5:1 | 72% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 75% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 73% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 653 | 38 | 17.2:1 | 73% (475) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 51 | 13.7:1 | 70% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 56 | 13.2:1 | 77% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 70% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 952 | 54 | 17.6:1 | 47% (445) |
| 1990-91 | 955 | 53 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Florida, is home to LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 574 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
The district, SEMINOLE, operates 74 schools serving 63,934 students.
Hispanic students account for 43% of enrollment at LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other students are 26% Black, 23% White, and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Seminole County residents are about 24% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school lists 39.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 415 students, or 72%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Seminole County, the average is 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Florida public elementary schools.
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.8%, compared with a predicted 44.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Seminole County, the median household earns about $85,761 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Seminole County has 77 public schools with about 63,934 students, including LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY is about 1.2 miles from LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 574, compared with 653 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 14.5:1, from 17.2:1.
The allk12 page for LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- TEAGUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,120 students
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- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 437
- ENGLISH ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 637
- MAITLAND MIDDLE2.0 mi · 786
- DOMMERICH ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 611
- ALTAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 577
- HUNGERFORD ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 23% White, 43% Hispanic, 26% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.