SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY

SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY is a substantial primary school in ORLANDO, Florida, run under ORANGE. The school educates 1,015 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 68% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% White, 10% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY logs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 36% 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, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.4%; this one comes in at 39.9%, -23.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.