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What's the most underrated thing about PALMETTO ELEMENTARY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,006
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001452
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY
2015 DUSKIN AVE, ORLANDO, FL 32839 · (407) 858-3150 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,006 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
18.0:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
668 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 | 33 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 197 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 172 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 163 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (197) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
57%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
30.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.2% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 32.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 PALMETTO ELEMENTARY
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY's state test result (32.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMETTO ELEMENTARY this school | 1,006 | 66.4% | 32.8% |
| DR CARTER G WOODSON K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 990 | 71.5% | 29.3% |
| LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 765 | 68.0% | 54.2% |
| GATEWAY ENVIRONMENTAL K-8 LEARNING CENTER HOMESTEAD | 1,165 | 67.1% | 42.0% |
| PIZZO K-8 SCHOOL TAMPA | 968 | 64.4% | 40.7% |
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 733 | 61.0% | 45.2% |
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 PALMETTO ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #2,024 of 2,136 | #155 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #2,083 of 2,149 ▼ 55 | #157 of 159 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #2,061 of 2,149 ▼ 17 | #157 of 159 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,006 | #195 of 2,267 | #14 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,678 of 2,077 | #147 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #1,051 of 2,108 | #85 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #619 of 2,188 | #39 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #421 of 621 | #16 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
1,006
+154 (+18%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 1,011
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,006 | 56 | 18.0:1 | 66% (668) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 47 | 17.8:1 | 73% (608) |
| 2022-23 | 805 | 48 | 16.8:1 | 75% (607) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 57 | 14.9:1 | 75% (637) |
| 2017-18 | 949 | 64 | 14.8:1 | 74% (700) |
| 2015-16 | 1,228 | 79 | 15.5:1 | 100% (1,225) |
| 2010-11 | 1,126 | 70 | 16.1:1 | 99% (1,118) |
| 2000-01 | 1,292 | 86 | 15.0:1 | 77% (993) |
| 1990-91 | 1,011 | 60 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALMETTO ELEMENTARY.
About PALMETTO ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school PALMETTO ELEMENTARY is located in ORLANDO, Florida. A federal count lists 1,006 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 67% bigger than that.
ORANGE counts 272 schools and 207,778 students, including PALMETTO ELEMENTARY.
Black students are the majority at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY, with 53% of enrollment. The school is also 39% Hispanic and 4% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 20%. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.0:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 66%. The gap from the 39% average for public schools in Orange County is 27 points.
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, PALMETTO ELEMENTARY is among the bottom 10% of schools in Florida. Predicted: 47.9%. Actual: 32.8%.
In Orange County (population about 1,471,937), the median household income is $79,719, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 286 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 216,813 students in all.
The closest public school, WESTRIDGE MIDDLE, is about 1.1 miles from PALMETTO ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY is 6th of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies PALMETTO ELEMENTARY's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment grew 18% from its 2020-21 level of 852. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
The PALMETTO ELEMENTARY community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Other Palmetto Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 5 states are named Palmetto Elementary. PALMETTO ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 10.
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 654 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 645 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALMETTO, FL · 519 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 508 students
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOINCIANA, FL · 479 students
Nearby schools
- WESTRIDGE MIDDLE1.1 mi · 1,136
- CHANCERY HIGH CHARTER1.3 mi · 438
- MILLENNIA GARDENS ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 657
- SADLER ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 705
- OAK RIDGE HIGH1.4 mi · 2,553
- SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 633
Frequently asked questions
About PALMETTO ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 1,006 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PALMETTO ELEMENTARY serve?
PALMETTO ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY is approximately 18.0:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PALMETTO ELEMENTARY?
At PALMETTO ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 39% Hispanic, 53% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is PALMETTO ELEMENTARY public or private?
PALMETTO 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.