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SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
School pathway
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.4% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 32.2% | 36.1% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
Schools most like SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY this school | 633 | 65.6% | 37.5% |
| EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 547 | 64.2% | 38.3% |
| ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 601 | 67.7% | 52.7% |
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 733 | 61.0% | 45.2% |
| FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 633 | 63.3% | 41.9% |
| LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 765 | 68.0% | 54.2% |
Where SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,905 of 2,136 | #149 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,697 of 2,149 ▲ 245 | #126 of 159 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,765 of 2,149 ▲ 190 | #132 of 159 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #919 of 2,267 | #58 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,045 of 2,077 | #94 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #1,094 of 2,108 | #93 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #662 of 2,188 | #42 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #333 of 1,374 | #30 of 112 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 633 | 40 | 15.8:1 | 66% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 38 | 18.3:1 | 74% (517) |
| 2022-23 | 723 | 38 | 19.0:1 | 76% (553) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 71% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 60 | 14.1:1 | 73% (616) |
| 2015-16 | 1,132 | 72 | 15.7:1 | 100% (1,129) |
| 2010-11 | 1,081 | 66 | 16.4:1 | 95% (1,030) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 80% (658) |
About SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY operates as a mid-sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 633 students.
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY is one school in ORANGE, a system of 272 schools with 207,778 students.
The share of Black students at SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY is 51%, a majority. After that, the student body is 43% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Orange County is about 20% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 56, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 40 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.8:1. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
Test results at SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY are 10.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (37.5% actual, 48.3% predicted).
The school is in Orange County, where median household income comes to about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 286 public schools with about 216,813 students.
About 0.7 miles separate SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, MILLENNIA ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% decline, from 727 to 633. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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