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What's one thing COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
624
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001396
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE
1201 MAURY RD, ORLANDO, FL 32804 · (407) 245-1800 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Florida public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
456 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 194 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 247 | 40% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE→EDGEWATER HIGH
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
32.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
37.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.5% | 37.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 28.5% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE this school | 624 | 73.1% | 32.9% |
| R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 625 | 71.8% | 43.1% |
| SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 761 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
| HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 705 | 67.1% | 39.3% |
| MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 808 | 70.2% | 39.9% |
| GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 457 | 74.0% | 29.6% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #534 of 560 | #40 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #500 of 560 ▲ 32 | #38 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #512 of 560 ▲ 33 | #39 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #424 of 584 | #41 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #239 of 547 | #15 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #424 of 553 | #36 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #44 of 565 | #2 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.5% | #18 of 379 | #2 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
624
-156 (-20%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,173
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 624 | 33 | 18.9:1 | 73% (456) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 71% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 34 | 22.4:1 | 74% (564) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 45 | 17.3:1 | 69% (541) |
| 2017-18 | 1,031 | 55 | 18.8:1 | 67% (695) |
| 2015-16 | 942 | 54 | 17.4:1 | 100% (939) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 75% (723) |
| 2000-01 | 1,283 | 66 | 19.4:1 | 63% (813) |
| 1990-91 | 1,173 | 68 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE.
About COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is a small middle school in ORLANDO, Florida, under ORANGE. School enrollment was 624 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Florida is roughly 794 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
The district, ORANGE, has 207,778 students enrolled across 272 schools.
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE's enrollment is 71% Black. The remaining shares are 19% Hispanic, 6% White, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Orange County's population at about 20%. COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE's 33 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 18.9:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is about 19.6:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 73%. That is 34 points above the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is D. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Florida, COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 32.9% actual against a predicted 44.5%.
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is located in Orange County, where median household income is about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 286 public schools in Orange County, with a combined enrollment of about 216,813.
Nearby, EDGEWATER HIGH is about 0.4 miles away. COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE ranks 7th of 7 nearby schools, at 32.9% versus a 61.9% average.
Locale data from NCES put COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment was 780 in 2020-21 and 624 in 2024-25, a decrease of 156 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.3:1 to 18.9:1.
Community posts for COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other College Park Middle schools
One other US public school is named College Park Middle. COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- College Park MiddleLadson, SC · 666 students
Nearby schools
- EDGEWATER HIGH0.4 mi · 2,000
- LAKE SILVER ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 452
- PRINCETON ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 444
- KILLARNEY ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 344
- ORLANDO SCIENCE MIDDLE HIGH CHARTER1.2 mi · 1,591
- PRINCETON HOUSE CHARTER1.3 mi · 117
Frequently asked questions
About COLLEGE PARK MIDDLEHow large is COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE?
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 06-08.
Is COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE have?
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE?
At COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 6% White, 19% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE public or private?
COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.