MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY

Located at 2000 BEECHER ST, in ORLANDO, Florida, MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is a close-knit elementary campus that teaches 436 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under ORANGE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 3% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

On the income-and-resources front, MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is one.

MAYNARD EVANS HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 436). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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