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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144002860
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY
12950 LAKE UNDERHILL RD, ORLANDO, FL 32828 · (407) 249-6410 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-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
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
202 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 | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
62%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
68.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
74.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 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 are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.3% | 74.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 63.6% |
% 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
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 WATERFORD ELEMENTARY
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERFORD ELEMENTARY this school | 532 | 38.0% | 68.1% |
| VISTA LAKES ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 520 | 34.8% | 65.0% |
| CLAYWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 574 | 39.2% | 66.2% |
| CAMELOT ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 545 | 42.6% | 65.9% |
| PEMBROKE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 627 | 37.5% | 77.8% |
| VIRGINIA A BOONE-HIGHLAND OAKS SCHOOL MIAMI | 586 | 33.6% | 70.5% |
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 WATERFORD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #524 of 2,136 | #45 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #459 of 2,149 ▲ 338 | #40 of 159 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #500 of 2,149 ▲ 37 | #41 of 159 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #1,290 of 2,267 | #96 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,320 of 2,077 | #123 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #780 of 2,108 | #63 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #1,639 of 2,188 | #104 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #289 of 1,374 | #27 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
532
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 532 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 38% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 44% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 42% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 34 | 16.3:1 | 57% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 47% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 48% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 733 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 39% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 10% (76) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WATERFORD ELEMENTARY.
About WATERFORD ELEMENTARY
Federal records list WATERFORD ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 532 students.
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY is one school in a 272-school district, ORANGE, which enrolls 207,778 students.
Of every 100 students at WATERFORD ELEMENTARY, about 55 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% White, 10% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 34%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WATERFORD ELEMENTARY scores 62%.
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY reports a ratio of 16.6 students per teacher, from 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at WATERFORD ELEMENTARY, 38% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Orange County is similar, at 39%.
On the allk12 Grade, WATERFORD ELEMENTARY lands at B+, ahead of 72% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, WATERFORD ELEMENTARY is 6.0 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
For Orange County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $79,719, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 286 public schools and about 216,813 students.
Among nearby public schools, DISCOVERY MIDDLE is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. WATERFORD ELEMENTARY places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
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
Other Waterford Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Waterford Elementary. WATERFORD ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 8.
- Waterford Elementary SchoolUrbandale, IA · 464 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, NJ · 431 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, OH · 428 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolGoshen, IN · 400 students
- Waterford Elementary SchoolWaterford, PA · 340 students
Nearby schools
- DISCOVERY MIDDLE0.2 mi · 814
- LEGACY MIDDLE1.3 mi · 710
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 456
- ECON RIVER HIGH CHARTER2.0 mi · 327
- CAMELOT ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 545
- LAWTON CHILES ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About WATERFORD ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at WATERFORD ELEMENTARY?
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WATERFORD ELEMENTARY serve?
WATERFORD ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WATERFORD ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at WATERFORD ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WATERFORD ELEMENTARY?
At WATERFORD ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 27% White, 55% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WATERFORD ELEMENTARY public or private?
WATERFORD 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.