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Enrollment
515
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001421
ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY
4903 DONOVAN ST, ORLANDO, FL 32808 · (407) 296-6530 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL515 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
372 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
33.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
515
+12 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.0:1
% White
4%
was 1%
% Hispanic
17%
was 13%
% Black
76%
was 84%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY
ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE. The school enrolls 515 students in grades pre-K through 5.
ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY is among them.
Demographically, ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY logs that Black students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 4% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 72% of students at ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -10.3 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household income runs about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).
Nearest neighbor: MAYNARD EVANS HIGH, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY has showed little movement, going from 503 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 84% to 76% across the same window.
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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 ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- MAYNARD EVANS HIGH0.8 mi · 2,345
- RIDGEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 484
- ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 640
- MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE1.0 mi · 808
- UCP PINE HILLS CHARTER1.1 mi · 204
- OCVS VIRTUAL FRANCHISE1.3 mi · 1,000
Frequently asked questions
About ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARYHow large is ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY?
ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 515 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY serve?
ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY is approximately 14.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY?
At ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 4% White, 17% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is ROLLING HILLS ELEMENTARY public or private?
ROLLING HILLS 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.