WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY

Located at 1771 W PONKAN RD, in APOPKA, Florida, WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized K-5 school that instructs 710 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within ORANGE.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 31%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 30% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.5%.

Across the wider county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

WOLF LAKE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY has contracted 40%, going from 1,181 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 46% to 30% over that span.

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