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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001444
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY
1475 MARVIN C ZANDERS AVE, APOPKA, FL 32703 · (407) 884-2250 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
305 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
52%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
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY→WOLF LAKE MIDDLE
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
36.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
33.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.1pp 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 34 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 are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.4% | 36.9% |
% 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
38.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY's state test result (38.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY this school | 407 | 74.9% | 38.4% |
| CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 470 | 73.4% | 46.6% |
| RIDGEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 484 | 71.7% | 50.3% |
| CHARLES DREW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 420 | 70.2% | 56.7% |
| KENLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 404 | 78.5% | 39.0% |
| EDISON PARK K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 441 | 71.4% | 48.5% |
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 PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #1,877 of 2,136 | #146 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #2,057 of 2,149 ▼ 129 | #156 of 159 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,906 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #147 of 159 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,748 of 2,267 | #138 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,622 of 2,077 | #144 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #1,254 of 2,108 | #106 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #278 of 2,188 | #15 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #976 of 1,374 | #90 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
407
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 75% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 79% (305) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 84% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 82% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 86% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 89% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 94% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 54 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY.
About PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in APOPKA, Florida. It reports enrollment of 407 students in pre-K through 5. The school is 33% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 272 schools in ORANGE, which enrolls 207,778 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is 62% Black. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 42 points above the 20% share among Orange County residents. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. A total of 305 students, or 75%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY would score about 43.6%. It scores 38.4%, 5.2 points below that figure.
Census data for Orange County show median household income comes to about $79,719, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 286 public schools and about 216,813 students.
About 1.7 miles separate PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, SHEELER HIGH CHARTER. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is 6th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 403 to 407, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.7:1.
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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 APOPKA
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- WEKIVA HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- KELLY PARK SCHOOLElementary · 1,073 students
- PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 863 students
- APOPKA MIDDLEMiddle · 858 students
Other Phillis Wheatley Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Phillis Wheatley Elementary. PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Phillis Wheatley Elementary SchoolBridgeville, DE · 644 students
- PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARYKANSAS CITY, MO · 386 students
Nearby schools
- SHEELER HIGH CHARTER1.7 mi · 333
- RANDALL ACADEMY1.7 mi · 15
- LOVELL ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 655
- APOPKA MIDDLE2.1 mi · 858
- APOPKA ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 847
- LAKEVILLE ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARYHow many students attend PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 407 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY serve?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is approximately 17.7:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY?
At PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 30% Hispanic, 62% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY public or private?
PHILLIS WHEATLEY 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.