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If you had an hour of school board time for ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
721
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147001472
ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2701 BUDINGER AVE, ST CLOUD, FL 34769 · (407) 891-3160 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
333 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points.
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
60.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
721
-304 (-30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.8:1
% White
40%
was 46%
% Hispanic
48%
was 43%
% Black
6%
was 6%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in ST CLOUD
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- VOYAGER K-8Elementary · 1,246 students
- ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,213 students
- HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,165 students
- CANOE CREEK K-8Elementary · 1,155 students
Nearby schools
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ST.CLOUD1.0 mi · 737
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 2,596
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 752
- OSCEOLA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE (SECONDARY)1.5 mi · 148
- MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 921
- ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,213
Frequently asked questions
About ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 721 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 40% White, 48% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.