WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY

WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in ORLANDO, Florida, run under ORANGE, caters to 565 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY lists that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 13% Asian, 6% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 71.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household income runs about $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY is one.

HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. WEST CREEK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 35% since 2018, when it stood at 874 (now 565).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.