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TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (132).
School pathway
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 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 75.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.7% | 79.4% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% 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%.
Schools most like TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY
TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY's state test result (77.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY this school | 610 | 25.1% | 77.9% |
| SCHWARZKOPF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUTZ | 555 | 22.3% | 76.3% |
| STONE LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 617 | 28.4% | 72.5% |
| COOPER CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOPER CITY | 742 | 25.6% | 79.0% |
| BAY LAKE ELEMENTARY WINDERMERE | 680 | 20.3% | 65.6% |
| EAGLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 743 | 20.9% | 70.8% |
Where TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.9% | #223 of 2,136 | #19 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #441 of 2,149 ▼ 186 | #39 of 159 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #207 of 2,149 ▼ 64 | #21 of 159 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #998 of 2,267 | #71 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,137 of 2,077 | #102 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #154 of 2,108 | #7 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.1% | #1,911 of 2,188 | #129 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #105 of 1,374 | #13 of 112 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 25% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 28% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 35% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 757 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 37% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 941 | 58 | 16.2:1 | 37% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 903 | 57 | 15.8:1 | 40% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 37% (253) |
About TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY
TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY operates as a medium-sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida. It enrolled 610 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The district, ORANGE, operates 272 schools serving 207,778 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY, at 41%. Other groups include 31% White, 13% Black, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 16.1:1 comes from the school's 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The lunch program counts 25% of students at TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY's average proficiency rate on state tests of 77.9% is 9.3 points above the 68.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $79,719, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Orange County is home to 286 public schools and about 216,813 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, TIMBER CREEK HIGH is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY. On proficiency, TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY is ahead of the 74.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
TIMBER LAKES ELEMENTARY is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 147 fewer students in 2024-25.
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