PERSHING SCHOOL

PERSHING SCHOOL, a sprawling K-5 school in ORLANDO, Florida, run under ORANGE, serves 1,057 students, covering grades K through 8. That puts it 75% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. PERSHING SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PERSHING SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PERSHING SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.6%; this one delivers 56.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. PERSHING SCHOOL is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

JUVENILE DETENTION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PERSHING SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PERSHING SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. PERSHING SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 119% since 2018, when it stood at 482 (now 1,057). The White share of enrollment expanded from 35% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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