ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY

ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY, a modestly sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE, educates 342 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (80%) are Black. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.6%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of +3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

JONES HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 52.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ORANGE CENTER ELEMENTARY has changed only slightly, going from 347 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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