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Enrollment
558
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147003889
POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
4201 RHODODENDRON AVE, KISSIMMEE, FL 34758 · (407) 343-4500 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
433 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 42% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
44.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.7pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 27.9% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS this school | 558 | 77.6% | 35.1% |
| TAMPA BAY BOULEVARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 591 | 74.5% | 26.9% |
| G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY BRADENTON | 472 | 75.0% | 26.4% |
| MILES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 585 | 72.6% | 32.5% |
| VILLAGE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMOKALEE | 511 | 79.3% | 57.5% |
| CLAIR-MEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 536 | 77.2% | 30.7% |
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 POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,977 of 2,136 | #38 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #2,040 of 2,149 ▲ 60 | #39 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,603 of 2,149 ▲ 269 | #28 of 45 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #1,190 of 2,267 | #35 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,009 of 2,077 | #13 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #1,034 of 2,108 | #17 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #219 of 2,188 | #5 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #500 of 1,374 | #13 of 23 |
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
558
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 558 | 35.5 | 15.7:1 | 78% (433) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 71% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 632 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 66% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 71% (428) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 62% (435) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 74% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 728 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 84% (608) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS.
About POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS
POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in KISSIMMEE, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 558 students.
The district, OSCEOLA, has 75,388 students enrolled across 83 schools.
At 56%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS combined. Other students are 33% Black, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 56% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 57%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.7:1, with 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 78% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Osceola County average 52%.
The allk12 Grade for POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.3%. POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS scores 35.1%.
Osceola County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,637, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS is among the 88 public schools in Osceola County.
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the public school closest to POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.4%; POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS's is 35.1%, ranking 9th of 9.
The federal government classifies POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS's location as Suburb: Small.
The number of students declined from 599 to 558 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.7:1, from 14.6:1.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Nearby schools
- DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 804
- KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 714
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 422
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY1.7 mi · 837
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 1,362
- NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTSHow many students attend POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS?
POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS enrolls approximately 558 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS serve?
POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS?
The student-to-teacher ratio at POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS is approximately 15.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS?
At POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, the student body is approximately 6% White, 56% Hispanic, 33% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS?
POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.