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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
804
Middle
DISTRICT 874 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147003633
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
5350 SAN MIGUEL RD, KISSIMMEE, FL 34758 · (407) 343-7300 · Osceola County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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
17.9:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
522 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 263 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
44.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
33.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.8% | 35.7% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 804 | 64.9% | 44.4% |
| LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL LANTANA | 819 | 65.8% | 35.3% |
| JEAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 862 | 61.7% | 37.1% |
| GIUNTA MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 964 | 63.7% | 30.1% |
| TRADEWINDS MIDDLE SCHOOL GREENACRES | 816 | 60.7% | 38.3% |
| JENNINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL SEFFNER | 686 | 67.3% | 27.4% |
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 DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #410 of 560 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #528 of 560 ▼ 42 | #9 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #402 of 560 ▲ 14 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #291 of 584 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #150 of 547 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #283 of 553 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #113 of 565 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #153 of 379 | #5 of 8 |
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
804
-213 (-21%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 1,209
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 804 | 45 | 17.9:1 | 65% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 892 | 42 | 21.2:1 | 63% (560) |
| 2022-23 | 898 | 48.5 | 18.5:1 | 62% (560) |
| 2020-21 | 1,017 | 61 | 16.7:1 | 69% (700) |
| 2017-18 | 976 | 62 | 15.7:1 | 69% (675) |
| 2015-16 | 1,031 | 75 | 13.8:1 | 66% (681) |
| 2010-11 | 1,379 | 74 | 18.6:1 | 80% (1,105) |
| 2000-01 | 1,209 | 47 | 25.7:1 | 65% (787) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits in KISSIMMEE, Florida, and is classified as a middle school. Its enrollment is 804 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
The OSCEOLA system has 83 schools and 75,388 students.
Hispanic students are 52% of those enrolled at DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 37% Black, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.9 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Florida, 19.6:1, is higher. DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 65%. Among public schools in Osceola County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
On the allk12 Grade, DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 30% of Florida public middle schools.
In Florida, DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.4% actual against a predicted 48.6%.
In Osceola County, home to about 427,415 people, the median household earns about $72,637 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shares Osceola County with 87 other public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, is the closest to DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 804, down from 1,017 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 16.7 to 17.9 over 4 years.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- CELEBRATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,681 students
- HARMONY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,673 students
- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Other Discovery Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Discovery Intermediate. DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Discovery Intermediate SchoolGoddard, KS · 502 students
Nearby schools
- POINCIANA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS0.3 mi · 558
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 422
- KOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 714
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY1.6 mi · 837
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,362
- NEW DIMENSIONS HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow many students attend DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 804 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL have?
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 52% Hispanic, 37% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL in?
DISCOVERY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is part of OSCEOLA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.