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WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY
WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in ORLANDO, Florida, run under ORANGE, with 592 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
In terms of school funding signals, WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY records 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.9%, the actual is 59.8%, a residual of -0.1 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).
The closest other public school is MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.2%.
WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 955 students in 2018 compared to 592 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 64% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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