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What do students at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144003220
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
101 LONE PALM RD, ORLANDO, FL 32828 · (407) 384-1585 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
110 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.5pp since 2023
Math
76.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 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
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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
456
-70 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.5:1
% White
44%
was 53%
% Hispanic
34%
was 33%
% Black
10%
was 5%
% Asian
6%
was 6%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARY
As a cozy elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serves 456 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under ORANGE. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is among them.
On the student-mix side, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 39%.
With demographic context factored in, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.4%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is DISCOVERY MIDDLE, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNRISE ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 53% to 44%.
Inside the community feed, members of the SUNRISE ELEMENTARY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE1.1 mi · 814
- CAMELOT ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 545
- WATERFORD ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 532
- CASTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 555
- TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 610
- TIMBER CREEK HIGH1.8 mi · 3,383
Frequently asked questions
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARYHow large is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serve?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 44% White, 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY public or private?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.