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How has ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001375
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY
3 N HASTINGS ST, ORLANDO, FL 32835 · (407) 296-6490 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
303 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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
54%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
36.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.0pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.2% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 36.2% | 52.0% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY this school | 458 | 66.2% | 45.9% |
| TANGELO PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 491 | 68.8% | 43.4% |
| TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE ELEMENTARY MIAMI | 382 | 65.7% | 45.5% |
| EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 547 | 64.2% | 38.3% |
| CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 420 | 70.2% | 56.7% |
| DODGERTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VERO BEACH | 482 | 68.0% | 44.0% |
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 ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,528 of 2,136 | #121 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #1,045 of 2,149 ▲ 252 | #77 of 159 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #1,911 of 2,149 ▼ 112 | #148 of 159 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #1,586 of 2,267 | #122 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,026 of 2,077 | #91 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #1,171 of 2,108 | #103 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #632 of 2,188 | #40 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.7% | #551 of 1,374 | #55 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
458
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 66% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 439 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 75% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 31 | 13.3:1 | 76% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 75% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 74% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 40 | 16.2:1 | 100% (645) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 99% (538) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 86% (600) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 30 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY.
About ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY
In ORLANDO, Florida, ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school. It has an enrollment of 458 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
ORANGE counts 207,778 students in its 272 schools, and ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY is 59% Black. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 20% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
Staffing at ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY comes to 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. On the income side, 66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 39%.
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 29% of Florida public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY would score about 48.0%. It scores 45.9%, 2.1 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Orange County, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Orange County has 286 public schools with about 216,813 students, including ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, OAK HILL ELEMENTARY, is about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 498 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 458 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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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Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- OAK HILL ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 503
- SUNSHINE HIGH SCHOOL-GREATER ORLANDO CAMPUS0.9 mi · 395
- IVEY LANE ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 284
- PINE HILLS ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 671
- ROBINSWOOD MIDDLE1.5 mi · 985
- EAGLES NEST ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY?
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY serve?
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY have?
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY are roughly 5% White, 32% Hispanic, 59% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY public or private?
ORLO VISTA ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.