The top reported proficiency rate is 76% in Science. The lowest is 74% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Baldwin Park Elementary
Baldwin Park Elementary sits at a specific address in Orlando's Baldwin Park neighborhood, a planned community built on the former site of the Naval Training Center and characterized by walkable streets, a village center with shops and restaurants, and residential architecture designed to evoke older Florida town planning. The school draws its student body almost entirely from that neighborhood context, which shapes its demographics in a fairly distinct way.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade and carries a healthy enrollment for its grade band. Its student body is majority white, with Hispanic students making up a substantial share and smaller but present populations of students who are Asian, Black, or of two or more races. The share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is noticeably lower than what you would find at a typical Florida elementary school, reflecting the relative affluence of the surrounding planned community. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided.
On Florida's state assessments, FAST Math and FAST ELA, tested across third through fifth grades, Baldwin Park Elementary posts proficiency rates that are consistently strong across all three grade levels in both subjects. Math proficiency in third grade and fifth grade runs especially high, and fifth grade science results on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment are similarly solid. Fourth grade ELA comes in a bit lower than the other grades and subjects, though still well above what would be considered a struggling result by Florida standards. Trend data across years was not available, so whether the school is improving, holding steady, or coming off a peak is an open question a parent would want to ask the school directly.
Placed against other districts in Orange County, the comparison set available here, the school's overall proficiency index sits firmly in the top tier. That said, the comparison covers only a small number of entities, so the positioning should be taken as orientation rather than a definitive ranking.
Housing near the school reflects Baldwin Park's status as one of Orlando's more sought-after planned neighborhoods. Home values in the zip code are substantially above the Florida state median and well above the national median, with asking rents also elevated and running modestly above what a conventional mortgage payment would cost on a purchase at current prices. Year over year, values have edged slightly lower while rents have ticked up, a pattern consistent with the broader Orlando market cooling from its recent peak. Buyers entering this market should expect a high price-to-income ratio relative to national norms. The affordability picture here is a real consideration for families weighing a move specifically to be in this school's boundary.
Orlando itself is growing rapidly, with major development concentrated downtown and near tourist corridors in the southwest, and the Baldwin Park area sits in the more residential eastern part of the city. Publicly reported sources describe Orlando's development pipeline as accelerating, with new mixed-use projects reshaping downtown and a major new theme park opening in 2025 generating regional economic activity. For a family with young children, the neighborhood's walkability, the lake and parks within Baldwin Park, and the proximity to Orlando's urban amenities without being inside the tourist zone are the texture of daily life here.
The district brief for Orange County Public Schools did not yield confirmed recent parent-relevant changes within the search conducted, so that piece was left out rather than guessed at. A parent would benefit from checking directly with the district for any staffing, boundary, or program changes affecting the school.
For a family already living in Baldwin Park or planning to buy there, the elementary school picture is genuinely strong on the measures available. The main open questions are IEP and English learner services, which the data did not cover, and multi-year trend lines, which were not reported.
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