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Enrollment
839
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147007498
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2690 N NARCOOSSEE RD, SAINT CLOUD, FL 34771 · (407) 892-6858 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
332 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 56 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 153 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
65.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
63.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.1% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 65.6% |
% 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
61.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 839 | 39.6% | 62.2% |
| CORAL SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 744 | 42.1% | 65.1% |
| CARROLLWOOD K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 861 | 36.0% | 64.1% |
| HAMMOCK POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 924 | 34.1% | 69.7% |
| J. C. MITCHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 683 | 40.7% | 56.3% |
| CORKSCREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 908 | 42.6% | 71.2% |
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 NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #767 of 2,136 | #5 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #957 of 2,149 ▼ 236 | #6 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.1% | #622 of 2,149 ▼ 9 | #5 of 45 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #392 of 2,267 | #17 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,113 of 2,077 | #15 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #699 of 2,108 | #3 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #1,594 of 2,188 | #44 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #582 of 1,374 | #14 of 23 |
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
839
-211 (-20%) vs 2020
+26% since 2010-11, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 839 | 52.5 | 16.0:1 | 40% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 1,479 | 85 | 17.4:1 | 41% (600) |
| 2022-23 | 1,467 | 83.5 | 17.6:1 | 38% (563) |
| 2020-21 | 1,050 | 70 | 15.0:1 | 30% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 1,021 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 39% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 874 | 55 | 15.9:1 | 43% (380) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 33% (219) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in SAINT CLOUD, Florida, in Osceola County. Total enrollment is 839 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Florida enroll about 604 students on average.
The OSCEOLA system has 83 schools and 75,388 students.
More than half of the students at NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic (51%). The next largest groups are 32% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Teacher count: 52.5 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.0:1. The gap from the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Osceola County, the school's rate is lower.
After adjusting for student poverty, NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.2%; the prediction is 61.3%.
In Osceola County, home to about 427,415 people, median household income comes to about $72,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 88 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,164, NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 63.8% proficiency; NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 62.2%.
NCES describes the area around NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 1,050 to 839, a 20% decline.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in SAINT CLOUD
- HICKORY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,078 students
- NEPTUNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,052 students
- NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,042 students
- MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 921 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 752 students
- CREATIVE INSPIRATION JOURNEY SCHOOL OF ST CLOUDElementary · 550 students
Nearby schools
- NARCOOSSEE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,042
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES2.2 mi · 962
- EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 827
- LUMINARY MIDDLE2.4 mi · 662
- LAKE NONA MIDDLE2.9 mi · 1,179
- EAST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 821
Frequently asked questions
About NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 839 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 32% White, 51% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NARCOOSSEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.