WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY

Located at 944 W LAKE MANN DR, in ORLANDO, Florida, WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY is a compact primary school that serves 301 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by ORANGE. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (85%); the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 49.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

Nearest neighbor: LEGENDS ACADEMY CHARTER, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. WASHINGTON SHORES ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 50% since 2018, when it stood at 605 (now 301).

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