Elementary · Florida
Independence Elementary
Free meals for allIndependence Elementary, a public elementary school in Winter Garden, Florida: grades k–5, 889 students, 16.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Orange.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 889
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.5
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 60% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared
More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 85% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared
Larger than 97% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Florida: 57%74%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 86% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 55% · 2,181 elementary schools compared
485 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Math
Florida: 59%80%proficient
+2.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Florida
Median 60% · 2,181 elementary schools compared
485 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Orange
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Orange.
Location
- Address
- 6255 New Independence Pkwy, Winter Garden, FL 34787
- Phone
- (407)217-7727
- City or town
- Horizon West
- County
- Orange County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summerlake ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 726 | 16.1 | 81% | 87% |
Keenes Crossing ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 954 | 15.6 | 79% | 81% |
Hamlin ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 549 | 16.1 | 82% | 90% |
Sunset Park ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 699 | 15.9 | 78% | 76% |
Bay Lake ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 680 | 17.0 | 65% | 70% |
Whispering Oak ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 774 | 16.5 | 84% | 90% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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