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Alumni: what's one memory from WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY that still sticks with you?
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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
644
-708 (-52%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 16.7:1
% White
13%
was 17%
% Hispanic
71%
was 65%
% Black
13%
was 9%
% Asian
2%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is a primary school of mid-sized scale in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, works with 644 students in grades pre-K through 5.
ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is among them.
Demographically, WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder comes out to 13% White, 13% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: FREEDOM MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 57.6%.
WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY operates from a commuter-belt location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY has shrank 52%, going from 1,352 students in 2018 to 644 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 71% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for WATERBRIDGE ELEMENTARY typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- FREEDOM MIDDLE0.6 mi · 1,150
- FREEDOM HIGH0.7 mi · 2,504
- JOHN YOUNG ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 617
- 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.