LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY

LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY is one of the cozy elementary schools in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, with 452 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY logs that Black students make up the majority at 65%; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 15% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at LAKE SILVER 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%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: ORLANDO SCIENCE MIDDLE HIGH CHARTER, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 67.9%.

LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 452). White enrollment moved from 32% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.