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Enrollment
721
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144008215
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER
2611 TECHNOLOGY DR, ORLANDO, FL 32804 · (407) 299-6595 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Florida public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.6:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
176 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
76%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
83.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
79.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.1% | 79.5% |
| 2023-24 | 83.1% | 83.2% |
% 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
81.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER's state test result (81.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER this school | 721 | 24.4% | 81.8% |
| CLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 858 | 29.1% | 74.5% |
| SEMINOLE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 547 | 25.2% | 79.7% |
| CHILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 787 | 27.7% | 77.4% |
| ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 ORLANDO | 626 | 9.6% | 80.2% |
| TAMPA PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 682 | 38.1% | 61.4% |
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 ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #106 of 2,136 | #10 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #304 of 2,149 ▼ 158 | #23 of 159 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.1% | #84 of 2,149 ▼ 29 | #9 of 159 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #652 of 2,267 | #40 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #1,590 of 2,077 | #143 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.4% | #6 of 2,108 | #1 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #1,927 of 2,188 | #131 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.7% | #144 of 621 | #9 of 30 |
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
721
-3 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 721 | 41 | 17.6:1 | 24% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 717 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 28% (202) |
| 2022-23 | 712 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 32% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 724 | 39 | 18.6:1 | 39% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 578 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 37% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 39% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER.
About ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is a medium-sized elementary school found in ORLANDO, Florida. The school's 721 students are in kindergarten through 5.
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is in ORANGE, a district with 207,778 students across 272 schools.
Asian students are the largest group at ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER, with 34% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 19% White, 19% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 29 points above the 5% share among Orange County residents. By the diversity index, ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER comes in at 76%.
The count of teachers at ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is 41 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.6:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. The school counts 176 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 24%. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 39%.
The allk12 Grade for ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is A. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 94% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is 12.9 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 81.8% actual, 68.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Within Orange County, 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. Federal data list 286 public schools in Orange County, with a combined enrollment of about 216,813.
ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 is located less than a tenth of a mile from ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is a publicly funded charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 724 to 721.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- ROCK LAKE ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 340
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- ORLANDO SCIENCE MIDDLE HIGH CHARTER1.2 mi · 1,591
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Frequently asked questions
About ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTERHow many students attend ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER?
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER enrolls approximately 721 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER serve?
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is approximately 17.6:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER?
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER reports a student body of 19% White, 20% Hispanic, 19% Black, 34% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER public or private?
ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.