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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY administration to hear?
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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002573
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY
8000 PIN OAK DR, ORLANDO, FL 32819 · (407) 354-2610 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
181 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
68%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.2% | 65.0% |
% 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
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 574 | 31.5% | 67.4% |
| CYPRESS SPRINGS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 619 | 32.3% | 74.0% |
| DENHAM OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUTZ | 738 | 31.4% | 64.1% |
| PINECREST ACADEMY AVALON MIAMI | 498 | 32.9% | 82.9% |
| STONE LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 617 | 28.4% | 72.5% |
| BALDWIN PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 732 | 26.5% | 74.2% |
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 PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #551 of 2,136 | #48 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #655 of 2,149 ▲ 85 | #53 of 159 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #600 of 2,149 ▼ 64 | #53 of 159 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #1,123 of 2,267 | #80 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,097 of 2,077 | #99 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #321 of 2,108 | #19 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #1,788 of 2,188 | #117 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #779 of 1,374 | #70 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
574
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 574 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 32% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 604 | 42 | 14.4:1 | 34% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 49% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 44 | 15.2:1 | 50% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 45 | 14.7:1 | 46% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 45% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 852 | 52 | 16.4:1 | 13% (107) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 49 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY.
About PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in ORLANDO, Florida. It reported 574 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY is one school in ORANGE, a system of 272 schools with 207,778 students.
Of every 100 students at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY, about 40 are White, the largest group. It is also 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Orange County at about 42% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY is 15.9:1, based on 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY counts 32% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 65.4% and the result is 67.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 286, with about 216,813 students.
Among nearby public schools, CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE is closest at about 0.9 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 67.4% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY as Suburb: Large.
From 670 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 574 by 2024-25.
People who know PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
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
- CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE0.9 mi · 955
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE1.0 mi · 1,290
- OLYMPIA HIGH1.2 mi · 2,901
- WINDY RIDGE K-81.3 mi · 1,136
- UNIVERSAL EDUCATION CENTER1.4 mi · 24
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGH1.4 mi · 2,964
Frequently asked questions
About PALM LAKE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 574 students in grades KG-05.
Is PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 40% White, 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY?
PALM LAKE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.