DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL operates as an average-sized 6-8 campus in KISSIMMEE, Florida, one of the schools within OSCEOLA. Current enrollment sits at 804 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Within OSCEOLA, which oversees 83 schools and 75,388 students, DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Osceola County's rate of about 52%.

With demographic context factored in, DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -4.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Osceola County put the typical household earns roughly $72,637 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in Osceola County (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students).

Nearest neighbor: POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 976 (now 804). The Black share of enrollment grew from 27% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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