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MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 146 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
School pathway
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 77.9% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 73.7% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
Schools most like MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY
MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY's state test result (73.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY this school | 842 | 18.5% | 73.1% |
| CASTLEVIEW ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 693 | 20.6% | 60.4% |
| SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 699 | 18.5% | 74.7% |
| WATER SPRING ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 1,013 | 15.6% | 62.4% |
| NORTHLAKE PARK COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 608 | 15.5% | 76.2% |
| BAY LAKE ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 680 | 20.3% | 65.6% |
Where MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #350 of 2,136 | #33 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #350 of 2,149 ▲ 74 | #28 of 159 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #280 of 2,149 ▲ 69 | #25 of 159 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #385 of 2,267 | #23 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #507 of 2,077 | #34 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #634 of 2,108 | #52 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.5% | #2,024 of 2,188 | #141 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #1,114 of 1,374 | #104 of 112 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 842 | 58 | 14.5:1 | 19% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 937 | 52 | 18.0:1 | 24% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 970 | 59 | 16.4:1 | 33% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 943 | 68 | 13.9:1 | 34% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 898 | 55 | 16.3:1 | 32% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 812 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 36% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 970 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 32% (308) |
About MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY
MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in ORLANDO, Florida. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 842 students in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
The 272 schools in ORANGE enroll 207,778 students altogether, MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY among them.
At MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 46%. Smaller groups are 37% White, 8% Asian, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 64%.
A staff of 58 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.5:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 19%. The average for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY outscored 69%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.1% and a predicted 71.9%.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, INNOVATION MIDDLE is closest at about 1.0 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY. MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
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.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 11%, from 943 to 842.
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