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CONWAY MIDDLE
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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 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CONWAY MIDDLE
CONWAY MIDDLE is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE, with 735 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, CONWAY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, CONWAY MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 26% White, 15% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
On the income-and-resources front, CONWAY MIDDLE shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting CONWAY MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 39%.
With demographic context factored in, CONWAY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CONWAY MIDDLE is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).
CONWAY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CONWAY MIDDLE comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.1%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 997 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 26% across the same window.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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