SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY

SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in WINTER GARDEN, Florida, part of ORANGE. Current enrollment sits at 726 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 20% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that caters to 207,778 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 32% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 77.0%, the actual is 81.9%, a residual of +5.0 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SUMMERLAKE ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 73.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.