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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001414
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY
2000 BEECHER ST, ORLANDO, FL 32808 · (407) 296-6460 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
358 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
39%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
53.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +22.8pp since 2023
Math
60.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.6% | 60.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.8% | 52.3% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY this school | 436 | 82.1% | 48.8% |
| ROBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 472 | 82.4% | 27.7% |
| POTTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 467 | 85.9% | 22.1% |
| OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 432 | 78.5% | 31.8% |
| SHEEHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 396 | 78.3% | 26.6% |
| HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 395 | 79.2% | 41.1% |
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 MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,399 of 2,136 | #108 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #1,072 of 2,149 ▲ 214 | #79 of 159 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #1,132 of 2,149 ▲ 855 | #86 of 159 ▲ 65 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #1,657 of 2,267 | #132 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #346 of 2,077 | #16 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #1,690 of 2,108 | #136 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #115 of 2,188 | #4 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #1,005 of 1,374 | #94 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
436
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 768
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 436 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 82% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 26 | 16.1:1 | 81% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 82% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 88% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 28 | 17.1:1 | 85% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 516 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 88% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 33 | 15.7:1 | 95% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 743 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 91% (678) |
| 1990-91 | 768 | 44 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY.
About MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school located in ORLANDO, Florida, in Orange County. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 436 students. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
ORANGE has 207,778 students spread across 272 schools.
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 76% Black. Next come 18% Hispanic and 3% White. That compares with about 20% Black among all Orange County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
The school has about 14.1 students per teacher and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 39% average for public schools in Orange County is 43 points lower.
In Florida, MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.8% actual against a predicted 40.0%.
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is located in Orange County, where median household income is about $79,719, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 216,813 students.
The nearest public school is MAYNARD EVANS HIGH, at about 0.6 miles. MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY comes in 2nd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 436 was 11% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 394. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 14.1:1, from 16.4:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 ORANGE
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- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
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- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- MAYNARD EVANS HIGH0.6 mi · 2,345
- UCP PINE HILLS CHARTER0.6 mi · 204
- PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 671
- LUCIOUS AND EMMA NIXON ACADEMY CHARTER1.1 mi · 74
- OCVS VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.2 mi · 1,000
- OCVS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.2 mi · 23
Frequently asked questions
About MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARYHow many students attend MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY?
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 436 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY serve?
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY?
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 3% White, 18% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY?
MOLLIE RAY ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.