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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171003269
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 PLACID LAKE DR, SANFORD, FL 32773 · (407) 320-1250 · Seminole County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
505 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
40.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
40.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 40.4% | 40.9% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 39.3% |
% 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
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 585 | 86.3% | 43.0% |
| SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 505 | 85.0% | 55.4% |
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 488 | 85.5% | 29.8% |
| SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 544 | 81.1% | 33.9% |
| GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 654 | 81.2% | 44.7% |
| JESSE KEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 621 | 81.8% | 35.8% |
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 WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,682 of 2,136 | #41 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,898 of 2,149 ▼ 56 | #41 of 41 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,760 of 2,149 ▼ 126 | #40 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #1,087 of 2,267 | #30 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #58 of 2,077 | #1 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #1,038 of 2,108 | #38 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #50 of 2,188 | #2 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.6% | #393 of 1,374 | #5 of 30 |
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
585
-100 (-15%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 932
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
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 | 585 | 48 | 12.2:1 | 86% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 87% (559) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 42.9 | 15.3:1 | 83% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 42 | 16.3:1 | 89% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 59 | 12.8:1 | 83% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 61 | 11.8:1 | 83% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 889 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 77% (684) |
| 2000-01 | 932 | 64 | 14.6:1 | 55% (508) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in SANFORD, Florida, administered by SEMINOLE. It teaches 585 students in pre-K through 5.
SEMINOLE has 74 schools; together they serve 63,934 students.
Federal enrollment data show WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 60% Hispanic. Next come 25% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 24% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
For every teacher at WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 12.2 students; the school has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 505 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 86% of enrollment. Across public schools in Seminole County, the average is 47%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 43.0%. Predicted: 37.9%.
In Seminole County, the median household earns about $85,761 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Seminole County has 77 public schools with about 63,934 students, including WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to JOURNEYS ACADEMY, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 585, compared with 685 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.2:1, from 16.3:1.
The allk12 page for WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,714 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
Other schools in SANFORD
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- SANFORD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,385 students
- MILLENNIUM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,323 students
- BENTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 903 students
- GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNETElementary · 901 students
- WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 896 students
Nearby schools
- JOURNEYS ACADEMY0.6 mi · 90
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 3,807
- ENDEAVOR SCHOOL0.9 mi · 34
- IDYLLWILDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 773
- GOLDSBORO ELEMENTARY MAGNET1.3 mi · 901
- PINE CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.2:1 students per teacher at WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 11% White, 60% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SEMINOLE in Seminole County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.