The top reported proficiency rate is 79% in Math. The lowest is 75% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Cypress Springs Elementary
Cypress Springs Elementary sits in the East Orlando suburbs, in the zip code along Cypress Pavilion Parkway, a part of the city that runs more residential than the tourist corridors to the southwest or the denser urban core downtown. East Orlando is car-dependent, and the surrounding area is shaped by the kind of master-planned subdivision growth that has defined much of Orange County over the past few decades. Home values in the zip code have ticked slightly downward year over year, though they remain above both the Florida state midpoint and the national midpoint, placing the local housing market in moderately expensive territory. Renting is also a meaningful option in the area, with typical rents running close to the monthly mortgage figure, which is itself stretched given current interest rates.
The school serves pre-K through fifth grade and draws a racially and ethnically diverse student body. Hispanic students make up a plurality of the enrollment, with white, Black, and Asian students each represented at meaningful levels, and a smaller share of students who identify as two or more races. Close to two-fifths of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that places economic diversity squarely in the picture without tipping toward a predominantly low-income composition. Data on English learner status and special education participation was not available in the records we reviewed.
On state assessments, Cypress Springs performs well by Florida standards. Using the FAST exam in math, proficiency rates across the tested grades are consistently strong, with third graders posting particularly high marks and fourth and fifth graders not far behind. Reading and ELA results are also solid, running in the mid-seventies across all three tested grades, with some consistency from one grade to the next. Fifth-grade science results on the Florida Statewide Science Assessment are in a similar range. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index lands well above the midpoint among districts in Orange County, placing it in the top quartile relative to that comparison set. That comparison is made against the districts in Orange County, which is worth noting because the county includes Orange County Public Schools, one of the largest urban districts in Florida, and its numbers are what Cypress Springs is outperforming. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether this performance has been improving, holding steady, or recently gained. A parent who wants to understand momentum rather than just a snapshot would want to ask the school directly.
Because this is an elementary school that ends at fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and no AP or dual-enrollment programming applies. Those questions become relevant when a student ages into middle and high school within the Orange County Public Schools system.
The data we reviewed did not surface information on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or specific program offerings at the school. The district brief search did not turn up recent district-level strategic changes or initiatives we could confirm with confidence, so we left that out rather than guess.
Orlando as a metro is in a sustained growth phase, and the broader East Orlando suburban corridor is part of that expansion. Publicly reported information describes major regional development including new tourism, housing, and university infrastructure concentrated mostly in other parts of the city, but the general pressure of a growing regional economy touches housing costs and school enrollment patterns across the metro. Families considering this part of Orlando are entering a market where prices have climbed from earlier in the decade, even as recent figures show a mild pullback.
Cypress Springs reads as a well-performing neighborhood elementary school in a diverse, auto-oriented suburban setting. The academic results are a genuine strength. The picture of support programming, year-over-year trajectory, and what happens to students as they transition out of fifth grade is less complete from the available data, and those are reasonable things to press the school on.
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