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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH?
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Enrollment
615
High
DISTRICT 1,338 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144007822
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH
906 WALTHAM AVE, BELLE ISLE, FL 32809 · (407) 608-7171 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Florida public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
217 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 168 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 170 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 148 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 21% |
Student demographics
67%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.5pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
63.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH's state test result (63.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH this school | 615 | 35.3% | 63.8% |
| CROOMS ACADEMY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SANFORD | 738 | 39.8% | 69.6% |
| NEOCITY ACADEMY KISSIMMEE | 514 | 35.4% | 93.9% |
| MCFATTER TECHNICAL COLLEGE DAVIE | 596 | 37.1% | 87.9% |
| STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL BRADENTON | 485 | 46.2% | 83.8% |
| MAST@FIU NORTH MIAMI | 489 | 24.1% | 97.3% |
Matched among Florida high 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 CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #143 of 555 | #7 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #244 of 549 ▼ 74 | #11 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #146 of 559 ▼ 61 | #7 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #466 of 830 | #25 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #330 of 575 | #8 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #120 of 594 | #5 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.3% | #423 of 630 | #17 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.8% | #36 of 246 | #4 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
615
+87 (+16%) vs 2020
+232% since 2010-11, when it was 185
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 615 | 27 | 22.8:1 | 35% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 28 | 20.4:1 | 32% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 33% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | 40% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 26% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 19 | 21.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 185 | N/A | N/A | 9% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH.
About CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH is a low-enrollment high school in ORANGE, located in BELLE ISLE, Florida. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 615 students. The school is 41% below the average for high schools in Florida.
ORANGE (272 schools, 207,778 students) runs CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH.
The student body at CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 40%. The next largest groups are 40% White, 10% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH are from different groups.
Based on 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH has a ratio of 22.8:1. The gap from the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is 0.7 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 35%.
On the allk12 Grade, CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Florida public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Census data for Orange County show median household income comes to about $79,719, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 286 public schools and about 216,813 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, CORNERSTONE ACADEMY CHARTER, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school's enrollment rose 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.0:1 to 22.8:1.
People who know CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 BELLE ISLE
- CORNERSTONE ACADEMY CHARTERElementary · 1,094 students
Nearby schools
- CORNERSTONE ACADEMY CHARTER0.0 mi · 1,094
- JUDSON B WALKER MIDDLE1.0 mi · 872
- LANCASTER ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 646
- OAK RIDGE HIGH1.1 mi · 2,553
- WINEGARD ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 650
- CHANCERY HIGH CHARTER1.8 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGHHow many students attend CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH?
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH enrolls approximately 615 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH serve?
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH?
Approximately 22.8:1 students per teacher at CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH.
How diverse is CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH?
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH reports a student body of 40% White, 40% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH?
CORNERSTONE CHARTER ACADEMY HIGH is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.