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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144005029
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY
6050 LAKE CHAMPLAIN DR, ORLANDO, FL 32829 · (407) 207-4991 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
181 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
68.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
68.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 68.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.6% | 62.1% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
Schools most like VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY this school | 520 | 34.8% | 65.0% |
| ENDEAVOR ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 593 | 34.9% | 70.0% |
| WATERFORD ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 532 | 38.0% | 68.1% |
| FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DAVIE | 642 | 39.6% | 58.5% |
| STONEWYCK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 660 | 32.1% | 66.9% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINES | 645 | 38.0% | 81.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #644 of 2,136 | #58 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #727 of 2,149 ▲ 134 | #58 of 159 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #497 of 2,149 ▲ 235 | #40 of 159 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #1,341 of 2,267 | #99 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #482 of 2,077 | #31 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #1,085 of 2,108 | #91 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #1,702 of 2,188 | #108 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #170 of 1,374 | #17 of 112 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
520
-95 (-15%) vs 2020
-47% since 2010-11, when it was 983
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 520 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 35% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 40% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 600 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 55% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 54% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 51 | 14.8:1 | 48% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 833 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 55% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 983 | 63 | 15.6:1 | 52% (515) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY.
About VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 520 students.
The 272 schools of ORANGE, including VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY, enroll 207,778 students.
The student body at VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY is 63% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 20% White, 9% Black, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 35% at VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY.
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of Florida public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY is 1.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 65.0% actual, 63.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
For the population of Orange County, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is ODYSSEY MIDDLE, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 95 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.4 students per teacher, compared with 13.4 in 2020-21.
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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
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Other schools in ORLANDO
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- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
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Nearby schools
- ODYSSEY MIDDLE0.9 mi · 897
- VISTA POINTE ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 488
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT GOLDENROD1.2 mi · 1,129
- THREE POINTS ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 447
- HIDDEN OAKS ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 403
- LIBERTY MIDDLE1.9 mi · 857
Frequently asked questions
About VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARYHow large is VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY?
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY serve?
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY have?
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY are roughly 20% White, 63% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY in?
VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.