CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE

CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE, a moderately sized junior high in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE, caters to 955 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 20% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE logs that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 41% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.3%; this one comes in at 38.3%, -22.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: OLYMPIA HIGH, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE has fell 27%, going from 1,307 students in 2018 to 955 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 18% to 13%. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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