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Enrollment
574
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001434
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY
11125 PARK AVE, WINDERMERE, FL 34786 · (407) 876-7520 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL574 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
46 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
56%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
85.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
86.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.7% | 86.2% |
| 2023-24 | 85.1% | 88.6% |
% 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
87.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY's state test result (87.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY this school | 574 | 8.0% | 87.2% |
| PLATO ACADEMY CLEARWATER CLEARWATER | 616 | 4.9% | 70.0% |
| SANDERS MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAND O LAKES | 842 | 10.7% | 75.3% |
| HAMLIN ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 549 | 9.5% | 85.6% |
| STOWERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 867 | 10.3% | 79.9% |
| LUTZ PREPARATORY SCHOOL LUTZ | 779 | 0.9% | 87.5% |
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 WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.2% | #35 of 2,136 | #2 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.2% | #114 of 2,149 ▼ 52 | #8 of 159 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #51 of 2,149 ▼ 17 | #3 of 159 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 574 | #1,122 of 2,267 | #79 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,235 of 2,077 | #116 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #1,062 of 2,108 | #86 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.0% | #2,143 of 2,188 | #160 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #441 of 1,374 | #43 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
574
-59 (-9%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 574 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 610 | 38 | 16.1:1 | 10% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 13% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 9% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 47 | 15.1:1 | 12% (87) |
| 2010-11 | 839 | 56 | 15.0:1 | 11% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 859 | 46 | 18.7:1 | 21% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 797 | 39 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY.
About WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in ORANGE, located in WINDERMERE, Florida. Enrollment is 574 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
The district, ORANGE, operates 272 schools serving 207,778 students.
At 62%, White students outnumber all other groups at WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY combined. After that, the student body is 18% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Orange County, the White share is about 42%. WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 56%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.4:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 8% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 39%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 87.2% actual against 77.2% predicted.
In Orange County (population about 1,471,937), median household income is about $79,719, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 286 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 216,813 students.
The school nearest to WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY is THORNEBROOKE ELEMENTARY, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. Within five miles of WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY places 1st out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The number of students dropped from 633 to 574 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 16.4 students per teacher, compared with 15.1 in 2020-21.
The WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 WINDERMERE
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- HORIZON WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 1,333 students
- GOTHA MIDDLEMiddle · 988 students
- KEENES CROSSING ELEMENTARYElementary · 954 students
- SUNSET PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 699 students
- BAY LAKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 680 students
Other Windermere Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Windermere Elementary. WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Windermere Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 703 students
- Windermere Elementary SchoolUpper Arlington, OH · 555 students
Nearby schools
- THORNEBROOKE ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 561
- LAKE WHITNEY ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 549
- WESTBROOKE ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 534
- OLYMPIA HIGH2.4 mi · 2,901
- GOTHA MIDDLE2.4 mi · 988
- ESTEEM ACADEMY2.5 mi · 21
Frequently asked questions
About WINDERMERE ELEMENTARYHow large is WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY?
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 574 students in grades PK-05.
Is WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY have?
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY are roughly 62% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY in?
WINDERMERE ELEMENTARY is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.