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Enrollment
710
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144005028
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY
1771 W PONKAN RD, APOPKA, FL 32712 · (407) 464-3342 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL710 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
275 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 | 37 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 124 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
72%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY→WOLF LAKE MIDDLE
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.2% | 69.5% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY this school | 710 | 38.7% | 69.5% |
| HAGEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 745 | 36.0% | 62.5% |
| ROYAL PALM BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROYAL PALM BEACH | 643 | 36.7% | 68.9% |
| WARREN HOPE DAWSON ELEMENTARY RIVERVIEW | 812 | 38.3% | 43.0% |
| RAMBLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 658 | 37.8% | 59.5% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORAL SPRINGS | 679 | 33.3% | 75.0% |
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 WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #486 of 2,136 | #42 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #536 of 2,149 ▲ 17 | #44 of 159 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #589 of 2,149 ▼ 129 | #51 of 159 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 710 | #678 of 2,267 | #41 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,170 of 2,077 | #108 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #93 of 2,108 | #3 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #1,620 of 2,188 | #102 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #67 of 1,374 | #6 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
710
-277 (-28%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 1,066
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 710 | 44 | 16.1:1 | 39% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 44% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 49% (356) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 63 | 15.7:1 | 42% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 1,181 | 77 | 15.3:1 | 44% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 1,180 | 77 | 15.3:1 | 45% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 1,066 | 70 | 15.2:1 | 42% (443) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY.
About WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is located in APOPKA, Florida. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 710 students.
ORANGE has 272 schools; together they serve 207,778 students.
The most common group at WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is Hispanic students, at 31%. It is also 30% Black, 30% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is close to the 34% Hispanic share among all Orange County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY and a ratio of 16.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 39% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 39%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is 7.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 69.5% actual, 61.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
Across Orange County, the median household income is $79,719, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Orange County is home to 286 public schools and about 216,813 public school students.
The shortest distance from WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to WOLF LAKE MIDDLE. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is 2nd on average proficiency.
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Over 4 years, WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY's enrollment declined 28%, to 710.
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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 APOPKA
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- WEKIVA HIGHHigh · 2,148 students
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,146 students
- KELLY PARK SCHOOLElementary · 1,073 students
- PIEDMONT LAKES MIDDLEMiddle · 863 students
- APOPKA MIDDLEMiddle · 858 students
Nearby schools
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLE0.3 mi · 1,146
- KELLY PARK SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,073
- ROCK SPRINGS ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 682
- APOPKA HIGH2.8 mi · 3,446
- APOPKA ELEMENTARY3.3 mi · 847
- ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY3.5 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY?
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 710 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY serve?
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY have?
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY?
At WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 30% White, 31% Hispanic, 30% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY public or private?
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.