The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Science. The lowest is 79% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Keenes Crossing Elementary
Keenes Crossing Elementary sits in Windermere, a small, upscale town on a peninsula in the Butler Chain of Lakes in southwest Orange County, positioned along Walt Disney World's eastern boundary and a reasonable drive from downtown Orlando. The school is part of Orange County Public Schools and serves children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. At that grade band, there is no graduation rate to report, and that absence is expected.
The academic picture here is genuinely strong. On Florida's FAST assessments, proficiency rates across reading and math in the tested grades land well above most benchmarks a parent would use as a reference point. Math scores are particularly high across all three tested grade levels, and the fifth-grade science assessment result is the strongest of any subject reported. Reading proficiency is close behind. When the school's overall proficiency index is placed alongside other districts in Orange County, Keenes Crossing sits in the top quartile by a wide margin, well above both the county median and the county's next-highest performer. That gap is not narrow. For a family who weighs academic output from state testing, this is one of the clearer signals in the county data.
The enrollment is large for an elementary school, reflecting the growth of the surrounding Windermere and Horizon West corridor. Grades are distributed fairly evenly from kindergarten through fifth, with a meaningful pre-K cohort as well. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse: white students make up the plurality, Hispanic students the next largest group, with Asian, Black, and multiracial students each represented as well. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is relatively low, which mirrors the economic character of the surrounding community. Data on English learner rates and special education identification rates were not available in the records we reviewed, so a parent curious about those supports should contact the school directly.
No program offerings data was available for Keenes Crossing in the records we reviewed, so specific enrichment, gifted, or specialist programming cannot be described here. No trend data across prior years was available to show whether scores have been rising or stable.
The community itself shapes what living near this school looks like. Windermere's historic core has genuinely walkable streets around a Town Square and Main Street, an unusual quality for suburban Central Florida, though the broader zip code is car-dependent for most daily tasks. The Butler Chain of Lakes, eleven connected lakes spanning a considerable area, is genuinely woven into how families spend time here. The area near Horizon West has seen growth through master-planned neighborhoods and gated communities, while the historic town itself has strict zoning and limited land, which keeps inventory tight.
Housing near this school reflects that demand. Home values in the zip code are well above both the Florida state median and the national median, and have held near that level even as they dipped modestly year over year. Rental prices remain elevated as well. For a family budgeting around this school, the housing market is competitive and the cost of entry is high. The mortgage-to-income math, using prevailing rates, puts ownership in a range that requires substantial income.
Orange County Public Schools district-level changes that would affect families were not available in the records searched, so that context is left out rather than filled in with speculation. Chronic absenteeism and discipline data were also not available.
For a family looking for strong tested academic performance in a well-resourced, predominantly suburban setting with access to lake and trail recreation, Keenes Crossing fits that picture well. The missing data on programs and supports is a real gap, and a visit or direct conversation with the school would give a clearer sense of what the day-to-day experience holds beyond the test results.
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