📍 2500 S Mills Ave, Orlando, Orange County, 32806
Blankner K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 67% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blankner K-8 enrolls 818 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 56 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 470 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 201 | 25% |
| Black or African American | 70 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 32 | 3.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
294 of the school's 818 students (36%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 262 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blankner K-8 is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 13, state house district 47.
Blankner K-8 is one of 276 schools in ORANGE, based in ORLANDO, Florida. The district serves 205,853 students district-wide and employs 11,411 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 818 students, Blankner K-8 is close to the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large