PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY

PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE. Current enrollment sits at 574 students spanning grades K through 5.

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

Demographically, PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY shows that 40% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Orange County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 67.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY is one.

CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY has declined 13%, going from 661 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 33% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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