LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY

As a compact primary school in ORLANDO, Florida, LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY educates 415 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of ORANGE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY reports that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.3%, the actual is 51.2%, a residual of +9.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

Nearest neighbor: LOCKHART MIDDLE, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 47.2%.

LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY has ticked down 25%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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