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SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY

5620 HARCOURT AVE, ORLANDO, FL 32839 · (407) 354-2650 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL633 STUDENTS
Enrollment
633
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
415 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K386%
Kindergarten7312%
Grade 111819%
Grade 211118%
Grade 39315%
Grade 410216%
Grade 59815%

This year's kindergarten class (73) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
183%
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
27243%
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
32151%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Asian
132%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
30%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
41%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
32051%
Female
31349%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY→WESTRIDGE MIDDLE
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
40.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.2pp since 2023
Math
46.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.8pp since 2023

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2540.4%46.9%
2023-2432.2%36.1%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY this school63365.6%37.5%
EGRET LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST PALM BEACH
54764.2%38.3%
ARCOLA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIAMI
60167.7%52.7%
CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POMPANO BEACH
73361.0%45.2%
FROST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERVIEW
63363.3%41.9%
LAWNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORT PIERCE
76568.0%54.2%
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 SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
633
-94 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-256334015.8:166% (415)
2023-246963818.3:174% (517)
2022-237233819.0:176% (553)
2020-217275014.5:171% (518)
2017-188436014.1:173% (616)
2015-161,1327215.7:1100% (1,129)
2010-111,0816616.4:195% (1,030)
2000-018265315.6:180% (658)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY.

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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Orange County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY
District
ORANGE
Address
5620 HARCOURT AVE, ORLANDO, FL 32839
Phone
(407) 354-2650
County
Orange County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
633
Teachers (FTE)
40
Student–teacher ratio
15.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
415 (66%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
120144000861
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY
How large is SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY?
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 633 students in grades PK-05.
Is SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY have?
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY?
At SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 3% White, 43% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY in?
SHINGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
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