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What's something LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171001867
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
840 ORANGE AVE, LONGWOOD, FL 32750 · (407) 746-5250 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
371 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 | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
66%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
61.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
59.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 59.7% | 56.7% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 573 | 64.7% | 62.2% |
| HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 503 | 62.2% | 67.7% |
| LAKE COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE PLACID | 604 | 63.4% | 57.4% |
| FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 542 | 61.1% | 62.1% |
| JESSIE P. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 586 | 69.6% | 52.6% |
| LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 511 | 63.2% | 51.0% |
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 LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #769 of 2,136 | #27 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #1,103 of 2,149 ▼ 20 | #28 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #765 of 2,149 ▼ 39 | #28 of 41 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #1,132 of 2,267 | #33 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #568 of 2,077 | #19 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #507 of 2,108 | #24 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #700 of 2,188 | #14 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.7% | #273 of 621 | #1 of 9 |
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
573
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 913
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 573 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 65% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 612 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 64% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 39.4 | 16.0:1 | 62% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 59% (335) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 60% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 57% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 770 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 38% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 913 | 50 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in LONGWOOD, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 573 students in pre-K through 5.
SEMINOLE serves 63,934 students across 74 schools.
Hispanic students make up 42% of enrollment at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Next come 39% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 24% Hispanic among all Seminole County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
There are 39 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.7:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Of all students at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 65% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 47% average for public schools in Seminole County is 18 points lower.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 13.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 62.2%. Predicted: 48.7%.
In Seminole County, home to about 481,470 people, the median household earns about $85,761 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Seminole County number 77, with about 63,934 students.
Among nearby public schools, WINTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 1.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 569 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 573. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.8:1 to 14.7:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 LONGWOOD
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,026 students
- MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,334 students
- SABAL POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 923 students
- ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 898 students
- WEKIVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 800 students
- WOODLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 785 students
Other Longwood Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Longwood Elementary. LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 5.
- LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSHALIMAR, FL · 555 students
- Longwood ElementaryHayward, CA · 517 students
- Longwood Elementary SchoolGlenwood, IL · 364 students
- Longwood Elementary SchoolNaperville, IL · 346 students
Nearby schools
- WINTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 501
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 503
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,026
- MILWEE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,334
- LAYER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 543
- GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 858
Frequently asked questions
About LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
Is LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 42% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LONGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SEMINOLE.
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