LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in LONGWOOD, Florida, part of SEMINOLE, with 573 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 74 schools in SEMINOLE (63,934 students total), LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 39% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Seminole County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Seminole County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of +13.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Seminole County put the typical household earns roughly $85,761 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 77 public schools in Seminole County (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students).

WINTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 573). The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 39% over that span.

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