SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY

Set in ORLANDO, Florida, SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is a compact elementary school, overseen by ORANGE. It instructs 399 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 15% White, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

With demographic context factored in, SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.3%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

PINECREST PREPARATORY CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.8%.

SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 24%: 321 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 21% to 15% over that span.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.