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Which teacher or staff member at LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001433
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY
600 SANDSPUR RD, MAITLAND, FL 32751 · (407) 623-1445 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
15.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
217 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
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
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
49.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
55.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.9% | 55.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.4% | 56.6% |
% 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
57.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 SYBELIA ELEMENTARY
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY's state test result (57.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY this school | 437 | 49.7% | 57.0% |
| SEACOAST CHARTER ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 444 | 47.5% | 49.0% |
| WILDWOOD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WILDWOOD | 409 | 53.5% | 49.0% |
| COCONUT CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COCONUT CREEK | 467 | 48.4% | 53.0% |
| KIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE RIVERVIEW SOUTH (K-12) RIVERVIEW | 558 | 47.8% | 54.2% |
| LOVE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 380 | 52.9% | 35.4% |
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 SYBELIA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,002 of 2,136 | #77 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.8% | #1,297 of 2,149 ▼ 206 | #91 of 159 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #1,308 of 2,149 ▼ 307 | #95 of 159 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #1,651 of 2,267 | #131 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #959 of 2,077 | #81 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #289 of 2,108 | #15 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #1,313 of 2,188 | #79 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #522 of 1,374 | #53 of 112 |
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
437
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 515
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 50% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 54% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 51% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 35 | 11.6:1 | 60% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 56% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 57% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 45% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 41% (277) |
| 1990-91 | 515 | 34 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY.
About LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in MAITLAND, Florida. It teaches 437 students in pre-K through 5. It has 28% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
ORANGE is responsible for 272 schools, LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY included, with 207,778 students in all.
The student body at LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY has no majority group. Black students lead at 35%. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic and 29% White. The school's Black share is 15 points above the 20% share among Orange County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Federal data show 50% of students (217) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Florida public elementary schools.
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY scores 57.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.3%.
Orange County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.2 miles from LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% rise took enrollment from 406 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 11.6:1 in 2020-21 to 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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Other schools in MAITLAND
- MAITLAND MIDDLEMiddle · 786 students
- DOMMERICH ELEMENTARYElementary · 611 students
- LA AMISTADCombined · 33 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE ORIENTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 574
- HUNGERFORD ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 281
- LA AMISTAD1.3 mi · 33
- DOMMERICH ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 611
- MAITLAND MIDDLE1.7 mi · 786
- ASPIRE ACADEMY CHARTER2.1 mi · 100
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY?
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY serve?
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY have?
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY?
At LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 29% White, 32% Hispanic, 35% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY public or private?
LAKE SYBELIA ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.