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What's the biggest difference between CONWAY MIDDLE and what you expected?
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Enrollment
735
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001445
CONWAY MIDDLE
4600 ANDERSON RD, ORLANDO, FL 32812 · (407) 249-6420 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL735 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Florida public middle schools
- CTest 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
18.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
379 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 | 213 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 272 | 37% |
Student demographics
61%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
CONWAY MIDDLE→WILLIAM R BOONE HIGH
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
45.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
51.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What 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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 43.5% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 CONWAY MIDDLE
CONWAY MIDDLE's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONWAY MIDDLE this school | 735 | 51.6% | 44.5% |
| MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 691 | 48.8% | 47.8% |
| PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL DADE CITY | 819 | 51.4% | 38.6% |
| CORKSCREW MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,013 | 50.6% | 61.7% |
| APOPKA MIDDLE APOPKA | 858 | 54.0% | 45.2% |
| CORNER LAKE MIDDLE ORLANDO | 767 | 51.8% | 52.5% |
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 CONWAY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #407 of 560 | #29 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #358 of 560 ▲ 38 | #27 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #390 of 560 ▼ 7 | #28 of 41 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 735 | #347 of 584 | #34 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #200 of 547 | #12 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #234 of 553 | #20 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #276 of 565 | #16 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #70 of 379 | #5 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
735
+29 (+4%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,583
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 735 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 52% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 38 | 18.6:1 | 61% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 681 | 39 | 17.5:1 | 60% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 37 | 19.1:1 | 54% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 54 | 18.5:1 | 66% (657) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 55 | 18.2:1 | 69% (693) |
| 2010-11 | 1,136 | 64 | 17.8:1 | 53% (605) |
| 2000-01 | 1,571 | 77 | 20.4:1 | 31% (487) |
| 1990-91 | 1,583 | 84 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CONWAY MIDDLE.
About CONWAY MIDDLE
CONWAY MIDDLE is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in ORLANDO, Florida. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 735 students.
CONWAY MIDDLE reports to ORANGE, which has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at CONWAY MIDDLE, with 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% White, 15% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. CONWAY MIDDLE's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.4 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
allk12 grades CONWAY MIDDLE a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CONWAY MIDDLE is -10.8 points: 44.5% actual, 55.3% predicted.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $79,719, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Orange County is home to 286 public schools and about 216,813 public school students.
The next-closest public school is CONWAY ELEMENTARY, about 0.5 miles away. CONWAY MIDDLE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 50.1% on proficiency, and CONWAY MIDDLE is below that at 44.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 29 more students in 2024-25.
Discussions about CONWAY MIDDLE may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Conway Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Conway Middle. CONWAY MIDDLE is the largest of the 4.
- Conway MiddleLouisville, KY · 678 students
- Conway MiddleConway, SC · 578 students
- Conway MiddleConway, NC · 259 students
Nearby schools
- CONWAY ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 426
- LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 448
- SHENANDOAH ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 403
- ACCELERATION EAST1.5 mi · 212
- PERSHING SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,057
- JUVENILE DETENTION1.6 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About CONWAY MIDDLEHow large is CONWAY MIDDLE?
CONWAY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 735 students in grades 06-08.
Is CONWAY MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
CONWAY MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CONWAY MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CONWAY MIDDLE is approximately 18.4:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CONWAY MIDDLE?
CONWAY MIDDLE reports a student body of 26% White, 55% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CONWAY MIDDLE?
CONWAY MIDDLE is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.