The top reported proficiency rate is 76% in Science. The lowest is 65% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Camelot Elementary
Camelot Elementary sits in the Waterford Chase area of East Orlando, a suburban corridor that publicly reported sources describe as leaning residential compared to the more urban downtown core or the tourist-heavy southwest. The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public elementary in Orange County Public Schools.
On the most recent Florida state assessments, the school's academic results are solid across the board. Third-grade math proficiency came in at the stronger end of the tested grades, and fifth-grade science results were similarly strong. Reading and ELA scores across grades three through five ran somewhat lower than math, landing in the low-to-mid sixties range, so while the school is performing above most of its comparison points, there is a modest gap between literacy and math outcomes that a parent watching early reading development may want to ask about. Placed against districts in Orange County, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the top quartile among the schools in that comparison set, which is a meaningful position.
Trend data was not available, so whether these results reflect improvement, stability, or recent change cannot be said from this data alone.
The school's enrollment is mid-sized for a PK-5 building, with fairly even distribution across grades. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse: Hispanic students form the largest group, followed by white students, with Black and Asian students also well represented along with smaller multiracial and other populations. About four in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, so the school serves a genuinely mixed economic range. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not reported, so families whose children may need those services should ask the school directly about the depth of those programs.
There is no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline in the payload. Program information was also not available, so specifics on enrichment, gifted services, or special programming cannot be characterized here.
The housing market around the school's zip code reflects East Orlando's suburban demand. Home values are well above the Florida state median and also above national benchmarks, and they have edged slightly down year over year. Rents in the area are in the upper range for the region, though current data shows very modest rent growth. Affordability is a real consideration: the price-to-income ratio is meaningfully stretched by national standards, and an estimated monthly mortgage payment on a typical home in the area would run well above what most households find comfortable. Renters are spending a substantial share of income on housing by standard benchmarks. Families weighing whether to buy near this school should factor in that East Orlando has been caught in the broader Central Florida growth surge, with publicly reported sources noting that once-affordable suburban corridors across the metro have seen sharp price increases.
Orlando as a metro is in an active development cycle. Publicly reported sources describe accelerating construction downtown and regionally, including the recent opening of a major new theme park and ongoing airport expansion. The East Orlando suburban zone where Camelot sits is more settled in character, but the surrounding metro context means infrastructure pressures and continued population growth are part of the long-term backdrop.
For Orange County district-level changes, the search turned up no confirmed parent-relevant updates within the available research budget, so that context was left out rather than guessed at.
The picture that emerges is a school performing at the stronger end of its local comparison set, in a diverse, mixed-income suburban community where the housing market asks a real premium. Families prioritizing tested academic performance relative to nearby options will find the results reassuring; those focused on specific support programs or literacy trends will want to follow up directly with the school.
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