The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Math. The lowest is 47% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Altamonte Elementary School
Altamonte Elementary sits on Pineview Street in Altamonte Springs, a suburban city just north of Orlando in Seminole County, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within Seminole County Public Schools. The school is not a charter or magnet program.
The student body reflects the economic character of its surrounding neighborhood. A very large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, well above what you would see at a typical Florida elementary school. The enrollment is moderate in size for a PK-5 school. Students are predominantly Hispanic and Black, with white students making up a smaller portion and smaller shares identifying as Asian or multiracial. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in what was provided, so families with children in those categories should ask the school directly about support structures.
On the most recent Florida state assessments, the picture is mixed and worth looking at grade by grade. In reading and language arts, proficiency rates across third, fourth, and fifth grades cluster in the mid-forties to mid-fifties range, which sits below the midpoint of what a parent might hope to see but is in keeping with schools serving high concentrations of economically disadvantaged students. Math follows a similar pattern in third and fifth grades, with fourth grade coming in somewhat stronger. Fifth-grade science proficiency lands in the same general range. There is a sixth-grade math data point showing full proficiency, but given that this is a PK-5 school, that result almost certainly reflects a very small number of students tested at that level rather than a meaningful cohort, and a parent should not read it as representative of the school's overall math performance. Multi-year trend data were not available, so it is not possible to say whether performance is improving, holding steady, or declining. That would be a reasonable question to raise with the school.
Seminole County's comparison set in this data contains only one district, so no within-county peer comparison is meaningful here.
Two recent district-level policy changes directly shape the day-to-day environment. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, Seminole County Public Schools banned cell phone use for all elementary students throughout the entire school day, a change that affects Altamonte Elementary. The district also adopted a policy treating AI-assisted schoolwork as plagiarism, which begins shaping academic integrity expectations even at the elementary level. Both are worth knowing before enrollment.
On the facilities and funding side, Seminole County voters renewed a countywide one-cent infrastructure sales surtax in late 2024, which publicly reported information indicates funds school improvements, security upgrades, classroom technology, and maintenance. The district's property tax millage rate has edged down slightly in recent years, though rising home values have meant most homeowners still pay more in total school taxes than before.
The neighborhood around the school reflects a city in an active multifamily development phase. Publicly reported information describes several new apartment projects either recently completed or under construction near the SunRail station in Uptown Altamonte, including affordable housing and market-rate units. Home values in the immediate zip code are meaningfully below the Florida state median, and rents have dipped slightly year over year, making the area more accessible than much of the Orlando metro. The city runs along a largely auto-oriented corridor anchored by Interstate 4, but the Uptown district around Cranes Roost Park offers a walkable node with shops and outdoor gathering spaces. Families should note that the Altamonte Springs City Library closed permanently in the fall of 2024; the nearest Seminole County Public Library branches are in surrounding communities.
Program data for the school were not available in what was provided. For specifics on enrichment offerings, instructional approach, or extracurriculars, the school itself would be the right contact. The academic results suggest a school where a family with children who need extra academic support should ask directly about intervention resources and how reading and math gaps are addressed in the lower grades.
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