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Phillis Wheatley Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Apopka, Orange County. The school has 403 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Phillis Wheatley Elementary enrolls 403 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Black or African American, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 256 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 111 | 28% |
| White | 24 | 6% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
338 of the school's 403 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 325 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Phillis Wheatley Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 45.
Phillis Wheatley Elementary 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 403 students, Phillis Wheatley Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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