Shingle Creek Elementary, Orlando FL

Original Research by School Decision on Shingle Creek Elementary

Shingle Creek Elementary sits on Harcourt Avenue in Orlando's 32839 zip code, serving children from pre-K through fifth grade in Orange County Public Schools. The school is a standard public elementary, neither a charter nor a magnet program.

The student body is substantial for a neighborhood elementary. The school draws heavily from its surrounding community, which is reflected in its demographics: Black and Hispanic students together make up the large majority of enrollment, with no other group exceeding a small fraction. A large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, marking this as a high-need campus by that measure. IEP and English learner rates were not available in the data provided.

State assessment results come from Florida's FAST exams and the statewide science assessment, all reported for the most recent year available. In reading, proficiency rates across tested grades cluster in the upper thirties to low forties. Math shows more variation across grades, with one grade reaching into the upper fifties while the others land in the high thirties to low forties. Fifth-grade science falls in a similar range to reading. Placed against districts in Orange County, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. These are meaningful gaps from county-level norms, and a parent who wants to understand what the school is doing to close them would be well served by asking directly. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible from this data to say whether results are moving.

No program offerings data was provided, so enrichment, intervention, or specialty programs cannot be characterized here.

The surrounding area sits within a part of Orlando that is largely residential and working-class in character. Housing values in the zip code are well below the Florida statewide median and also below national benchmarks, making this one of the more affordable pockets within Orange County. Rents have edged slightly downward over the past year, and the estimated monthly carrying cost of ownership runs at a ratio to income that is meaningfully above typical affordability thresholds nationally, though the lower price point relative to the rest of the state softens that picture somewhat. Families renting near this school are spending a notable share of income on housing, but the local rent level itself is lower than much of metropolitan Orlando.

Orlando as a city is car-dependent at the scale of the metro, though the older core neighborhoods carry genuine walkability. The 32839 area is removed from the downtown core and the tourist corridor, sitting in a part of the city that is primarily automobile-oriented. Publicly reported information describes Orlando as a region still in active growth, with major investment concentrated in downtown and near new entertainment destinations. That broader growth has put upward pressure on housing across the metro, but the zip code around Shingle Creek has so far remained at the lower end of the county's price distribution.

The Orange County district brief search was exhausted without returning confirmed parent-relevant policy or program changes, so that layer is absent rather than guessed at.

For a family specifically in this neighborhood, Shingle Creek is the local public option at a price point that remains accessible relative to most of Orlando. The academic results, measured against state standards and county peers, are below the midpoint, and that is worth engaging with honestly before enrolling.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 63% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 459%

School 59% · District 64% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 58% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 59% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 59% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 58% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Science

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 62% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

This schoolORANGE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income37%Higher-income44%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income24%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income31%Higher-income51%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income56%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income60%Higher-income55%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income36%2 pp gap