BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY

Set in KISSIMMEE, Florida, BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY is a heavily attended K-5 school, one of the schools within OSCEOLA. It works with 1,108 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 83% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY is one of 83 schools operated by OSCEOLA, a district that caters to 75,388 students overall.

Demographically, BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 24% Black, 19% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 48% of students at BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Osceola County) reports that median household earnings sit near $72,637, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Osceola County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 43.7%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. As a public charter, BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,307 (now 1,108). Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 48% across the same window.

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