COLONIAL HIGH

Located at 6100 OLEANDER DR, in ORLANDO, Florida, COLONIAL HIGH is a roomy senior high that serves 3,239 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by ORANGE. Enrollment runs roughly 213% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), COLONIAL HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, COLONIAL HIGH lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest reads as 11% Black, 9% White, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, COLONIAL HIGH lists 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.6:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, COLONIAL HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 41.1%.

Around the school, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. COLONIAL HIGH is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

ACCESS CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COLONIAL HIGH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 3,376 students in 2018 compared to 3,239 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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