📍 905 Waltham Ave, Orlando, Orange County, 32809
Pershing School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 1,120 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pershing School enrolls 1,120 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 63 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 578 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 374 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 21 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
427 of the school's 1,120 students (38%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 408 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pershing School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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.
Pershing School 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 1,120 students, Pershing School is larger than the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large