COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE

COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is a tight-knit junior high in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE. The school educates 624 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic, 6% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.9:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.9%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: EDGEWATER HIGH, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 39% since 2018, when it stood at 1,031 (now 624). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 19% to 6%.

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