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Enrollment
824
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144008606
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
701 W LIVINGSTON ST, ORLANDO, FL 32803 · (407) 866-1280 · Orange County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL824 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
671 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 15 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (92).
Student demographics
31%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
24.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
30.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 19.5% |
% 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
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE this school | 824 | 81.4% | 27.3% |
| BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 611 | 82.8% | 49.8% |
| RUTLEDGE H. PEARSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 758 | 75.5% | 44.3% |
| ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 640 | 77.7% | 48.3% |
| NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 614 | 78.2% | 37.4% |
| ROYAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAUDERHILL | 704 | 76.1% | 40.7% |
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 OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #2,106 of 2,136 | #156 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #2,102 of 2,149 ▲ 38 | #159 of 159 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #2,123 of 2,149 ▲ 12 | #159 of 159 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 824 | #414 of 2,267 | #26 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,055 of 2,077 | #95 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #1,823 of 2,108 | #151 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #129 of 2,188 | #5 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #392 of 1,374 | #38 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
824
-219 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 824 | 52 | 15.8:1 | 81% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 941 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 84% (790) |
| 2022-23 | 998 | 64 | 15.6:1 | 87% (870) |
| 2020-21 | 1,043 | 71 | 14.7:1 | 88% (915) |
| 2017-18 | 1,064 | 69 | 15.4:1 | 78% (834) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE.
About OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE sits in ORLANDO, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 8 and enrolls 824 students. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
ORANGE runs 272 schools with a combined 207,778 students. OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE is one of them.
Black students are 82% of those enrolled at OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Orange County's population at about 20%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 31%.
The school has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.6 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, 81% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of Florida public elementary schools.
In Florida, OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 27.3% actual against a predicted 40.4%.
For the population of Orange County, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
LAKE EOLA CHARTER is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 65.9%; OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE's is 27.3%, ranking 7th of 7.
NCES describes the area around OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 824, down from 1,043 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.7:1 to 15.8:1.
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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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- HOWARD MIDDLE1.4 mi · 1,185
- ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-81.4 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCEWhat is the total enrollment at OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE?
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE enrolls approximately 824 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE serve?
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE is approximately 15.8:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE?
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE reports a student body of 2% White, 12% Hispanic, 82% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE in?
OCPS ACADEMIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.