The top reported proficiency rate is 78% in Math. The lowest is 69% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Moss Park Elementary
Moss Park Elementary sits in the 32832 zip code of East Orlando, an area that publicly reported sources describe as leaning suburban within a city organized into very distinct zones. The school itself is a regular public elementary serving prekindergarten through fifth grade inside Orange County Public Schools, one of the larger districts in Florida.
The academic picture here is genuinely strong, particularly in the earlier grades. On Florida's FAST assessments, third graders showed very high math proficiency, placing the school well above what many Florida elementary schools report. ELA proficiency at the same grade was also solid, in the high seventies by percentage. As students move into fourth and fifth grade, both math and ELA proficiency step down somewhat, with fifth-grade math sitting in the upper sixties. The fifth-grade statewide science assessment came in just below that. These are still healthy numbers compared to statewide norms, but the pattern of declining rates across grades is worth a parent asking the school about: is the progression consistent with expected difficulty increases, and how does the school support students bridging from the earlier to the upper elementary years? Trend data across years was not available, so whether these figures represent improvement or a plateau cannot be said from the current data. Placed against other districts in Orange County, Moss Park Elementary's overall proficiency index sits well above the middle of that comparison set, in the top range among the schools and districts measured there.
The enrollment is on the larger side for a Florida elementary, spread across all grade levels from pre-K through fifth. The student body is racially and ethnically mixed: Hispanic students make up the largest share, white students the second largest, with smaller proportions of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is relatively modest compared to many Orange County schools, which tends to reflect the suburban character of the surrounding neighborhood. Data on English learner populations and students with IEPs was not reported in the data available here, so families with children who may need those supports should ask the school directly about the depth and staffing of those programs.
The East Orlando neighborhood around the school is suburban in character, with housing prices that have risen well above both the Florida state median and the national median. Recent figures show values pulling back slightly year over year, as is also the case statewide, though rents in the zip code have remained roughly flat. The estimated monthly carrying cost of a home in this area, at current mortgage rates, runs meaningfully above what national income benchmarks would call affordable, placing this squarely in the premium end of the Orlando metro's residential market. Families renting rather than buying will find the rent-to-income ratio somewhat more manageable by comparison, though still above what many financial guidelines recommend.
Orlando broadly is in an active growth phase, with commercial and residential development spreading outward from downtown into corridors like East Orlando. Universal's Epic Universe opened in 2025, and the region's airport is undergoing major terminal expansion. The 32832 area has benefited from infrastructure investment tied to that broader suburban expansion, which shapes the built environment around this school.
District-level strategic priorities for Orange County Public Schools were not confirmed through available research, so that piece of context has been left out rather than assumed. No magnet designation or Title I status is listed for this school, and it operates as a standard neighborhood public school without charter status. A graduation rate does not apply here, as the school serves only elementary grades. Civil-rights outcomes data was not included in the available payload.
For families in this corner of East Orlando looking for a neighborhood elementary with strong early-grade proficiency, a diverse peer environment, and access to a growing suburban community, Moss Park fits that picture well. The upper-grade performance dip and the absence of English learner and special-education program details are the two areas where a conversation with the school would give a fuller picture than the data alone can provide.
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