PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY

PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of intimate scale in APOPKA, Florida, overseen by ORANGE, hosting 407 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.6%; this one delivers 38.4%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

SHEELER HIGH CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.7%.

PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. PHILLIS WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 407). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 today.

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