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What's the one class at PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY every student should take?
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Enrollment
776
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002522
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY
8723 HACKNEY PRAIRIE RD, ORLANDO, FL 32818 · (407) 884-2220 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL776 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
380 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 | 19 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (150).
Student demographics
65%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
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
56.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
58.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 58.1% |
| 2023-24 | 48.4% | 48.7% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 776 | 49.0% | 52.1% |
| ENTERPRISE LEARNING ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 787 | 47.0% | 53.6% |
| HIDDEN OAKS K-8 LAKE WORTH | 835 | 45.7% | 72.3% |
| TWIN LAKES ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 809 | 44.3% | 46.2% |
| NOVA DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ELEM DAVIE | 747 | 44.8% | 63.3% |
| NOVA BLANCHE FORMAN ELEMENTARY DAVIE | 731 | 47.3% | 61.2% |
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 PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,226 of 2,136 | #92 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #1,182 of 2,149 ▲ 264 | #85 of 159 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #994 of 2,149 ▲ 248 | #77 of 159 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 776 | #525 of 2,267 | #28 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,183 of 2,077 | #111 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #565 of 2,108 | #43 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #1,330 of 2,188 | #82 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #1,073 of 1,374 | #99 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
776
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 832
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 776 | 48 | 16.2:1 | 49% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 818 | 42 | 19.5:1 | 59% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 51 | 16.6:1 | 59% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 50% (401) |
| 2017-18 | 837 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 72% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 1,013 | 68 | 14.9:1 | 73% (740) |
| 2010-11 | 964 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 61% (586) |
| 2000-01 | 741 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 49% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 832 | 48 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY.
About PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school located in ORLANDO, Florida. Enrollment stands at 776 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 28% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
Across its 272 schools, ORANGE enrolls 207,778 students. PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
Black students are 52% of those enrolled at PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 20% Black among all Orange County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Staffing at PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY comes to 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY counts 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Orange County average 39%.
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of Florida public elementary schools.
Test results at PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY are 4.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.1% actual, 56.6% predicted).
In the surrounding county, Orange County, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY, Orange County has 286 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY, is about 1.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY is 2nd on average proficiency.
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 776, from 799 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.8 to 16.2 over 4 years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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Nearby schools
- LAKE GEM ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 565
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 497
- ACCELERATION WEST1.5 mi · 246
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 445
- CITRUS ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 506
- INNOVATIONS MIDDLE CHARTER2.1 mi · 132
Frequently asked questions
About PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 776 students in grades PK-05.
Is PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY have?
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY are roughly 16% White, 22% Hispanic, 52% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY?
PRAIRIE LAKE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.