WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL

WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL operates as a big elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE. Current enrollment sits at 959 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 36% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 71.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AVALON MIDDLE, around 4.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 76.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. WEDGEFIELD SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 912 (now 959). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 29% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

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