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STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary-level community in CASSELBERRY, Florida, overseen by SEMINOLE. The school hosts 700 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within SEMINOLE, which oversees 74 schools and 63,934 students, STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Seminole County put median household income runs about $85,761, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Seminole County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STERLING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 60.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 847 students in 2018 compared to 700 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 34% across the same window.
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Seminole County at a glance
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