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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001387
ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY
3551 WASHINGTON ST, ZELLWOOD, FL 32798 · (407) 884-2258 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
291 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
66%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
ZELLWOOD 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
46.7%
FL avg 56.7% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 48.2% |
% 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
52.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY
ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY's state test result (52.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY this school | 564 | 51.6% | 52.2% |
| DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 572 | 53.5% | 41.4% |
| NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 678 | 51.6% | 45.1% |
| GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROVELAND | 683 | 50.8% | 36.2% |
| CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 670 | 51.3% | 61.5% |
| DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 674 | 55.6% | 53.2% |
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 ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,221 of 2,136 | #89 of 157 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,422 of 2,149 ▲ 55 | #101 of 159 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,466 of 2,149 ▼ 412 | #112 of 159 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #1,168 of 2,267 | #85 of 168 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,447 of 2,077 | #134 of 159 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #494 of 2,108 | #34 of 159 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #1,233 of 2,188 | #74 of 162 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #1,089 of 1,374 | #102 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
564
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 564 | 33 | 17.1:1 | 52% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 60% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 55% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 572 | 40 | 14.3:1 | 57% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 70% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 100% (624) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 42 | 12.5:1 | 85% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 70% (462) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY.
About ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY
ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in ZELLWOOD, Florida. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 564 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 272 schools in ORANGE totals 207,778 students.
The student body at ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 47%. Next come 30% Black, 16% White, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 39%.
ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY is 3.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $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 counts 286 public schools with about 216,813 students.
WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY is the nearest public school to ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY, about 3.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Nearby schools with test data average 60.6% proficiency; ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY posts 52.2%.
In the federal locale system, ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 572 in 2020-21 to 564 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.3:1 to 17.1:1.
This page collects posts and questions about ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- WOLF LAKE ELEMENTARY3.5 mi · 710
- WOLF LAKE MIDDLE3.8 mi · 1,146
- KELLY PARK SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,073
- ROUND LAKE CHARTER SCHOOL4.9 mi · 1,240
- MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL5.1 mi · 1,500
- MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL5.4 mi · 845
Frequently asked questions
About ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARYHow many students attend ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY?
ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-05.
Is ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY is approximately 17.1:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY?
At ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 16% White, 47% Hispanic, 30% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY public or private?
ZELLWOOD 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.