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CELEBRATION K-8
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CELEBRATION K-8
Set in CELEBRATION, Florida, CELEBRATION K-8 is an expansive K-5 school, one of the schools within OSCEOLA. It works with 1,498 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 148% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
OSCEOLA runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 75,388 students. CELEBRATION K-8 is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, CELEBRATION K-8 lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting CELEBRATION K-8 tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Osceola County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CELEBRATION K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 66.7%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Osceola County shows median household earnings sit near $72,637, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Osceola County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), of which CELEBRATION K-8 is one.
Nearest neighbor: CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CELEBRATION K-8. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CELEBRATION K-8 ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.6%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. CELEBRATION K-8's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,479 (now 1,498). Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 45% across the same window.
On allk12, the feed for CELEBRATION K-8 typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Osceola County at a glance
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