ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary campus in ST CLOUD, Florida, run under OSCEOLA, caters to 721 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

OSCEOLA runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 75,388 students. ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 40% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.0%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Osceola County) logs that median household earnings sit near $72,637, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Osceola County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), of which ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ST.CLOUD, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,025 (now 721). The White share of enrollment fell from 46% to 40% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.