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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001411
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY
9601 11TH AVE, ORLANDO, FL 32824 · (407) 858-3100 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
254 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
55%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
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY→JUDSON B WALKER MIDDLE
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
41.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 39.4% |
% 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
44.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY this school | 399 | 63.7% | 44.7% |
| UNION PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 447 | 63.5% | 49.1% |
| CHENEY ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 397 | 67.8% | 48.7% |
| BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 375 | 62.4% | 51.3% |
| REEDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 431 | 59.4% | 46.1% |
| DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 390 | 61.8% | 54.0% |
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 SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #1,599 of 2,136 | #123 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #1,848 of 2,149 ▼ 9 | #138 of 159 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,702 of 2,149 ▼ 217 | #129 of 159 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,771 of 2,267 | #141 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #275 of 2,077 | #12 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #1,127 of 2,108 | #98 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #754 of 2,188 | #47 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.3% | #149 of 621 | #10 of 30 |
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
399
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 208
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 64% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 70% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 71% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 65% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 75% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 25 | 10.8:1 | 99% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 84% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 71% (256) |
| 1990-91 | 208 | 17 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY.
About SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida. The school enrolls 399 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is run by ORANGE, whose 272 schools enroll 207,778 students.
At 64%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY combined. Smaller groups are 15% White, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY operates with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. About 64% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 39%, lower than here.
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.7% and a predicted 49.3%.
Orange County has about 1,471,937 residents, and median household income is about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Orange County number 286 and enroll about 216,813.
PINECREST PREPARATORY CHARTER is located about 1.7 miles from SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 394 to 399. Students per teacher rose from 11.9 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
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- 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
- PINECREST PREPARATORY CHARTER1.7 mi · 296
- WETHERBEE ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 939
- SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE2.3 mi · 1,006
- WINEGARD ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 650
- JUDSON B WALKER MIDDLE2.7 mi · 872
- LANCASTER ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY?
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY serve?
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY have?
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY?
At SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 15% White, 64% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY in?
SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.