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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002859
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY
11100 GALVIN DR, ORLANDO, FL 32837 · (407) 858-3190 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
18.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
262 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 | 39 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
47%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
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY→FREEDOM MIDDLE
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
47.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
50.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 50.1% | 48.6% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY this school | 644 | 40.7% | 52.5% |
| WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 592 | 42.4% | 59.8% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF ST.CLOUD MIAMI | 737 | 42.2% | 47.4% |
| NEW HORIZONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WELLINGTON | 745 | 37.9% | 55.6% |
| SOUTH MIAMI K-8 CENTER SOUTH MIAMI | 508 | 38.6% | 63.5% |
| WHISPERING PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 500 | 40.4% | 74.8% |
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 WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,208 of 2,136 | #87 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #1,526 of 2,149 ▼ 71 | #113 of 159 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,440 of 2,149 ▼ 271 | #107 of 159 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #886 of 2,267 | #55 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #1,757 of 2,077 | #153 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #1,485 of 2,108 | #120 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #1,559 of 2,188 | #95 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -52.4% | #17 of 1,374 | #2 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
644
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 644 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 41% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 31 | 17.8:1 | 49% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 55% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 42 | 15.5:1 | 47% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 1,352 | 81 | 16.7:1 | 100% (1,349) |
| 2015-16 | 1,174 | 80 | 14.7:1 | 100% (1,171) |
| 2010-11 | 937 | 64 | 14.6:1 | 70% (657) |
| 2000-01 | 895 | 52 | 17.2:1 | 49% (436) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY.
About WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, (ZIP code 32837). The school enrolls 644 students, from pre-K through 5.
The ORANGE system has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 71% Hispanic. Other groups make up 13% White, 13% Black, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY comes in at 47%.
The count of teachers at WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is 35 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.4:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The school counts 262 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 41%. That is close to the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is 8.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (52.5% versus 60.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Census estimates describe Orange County this way: median household income is about $79,719, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Orange County number 286 and enroll about 216,813.
Nearest public school: FREEDOM MIDDLE, about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY's location as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 652 students in 2020-21 and 644 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.4:1.
Community posts for WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- FREEDOM MIDDLE0.6 mi · 1,150
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- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY2.7 mi · 481
- HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE2.9 mi · 1,057
- ENDEAVOR ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARYHow many students attend WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY?
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY serve?
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY?
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 13% White, 71% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY public or private?
WATERBRIDGE 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.