DISCOVERY MIDDLE

DISCOVERY MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE. The school caters to 814 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, DISCOVERY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DISCOVERY MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DISCOVERY MIDDLE shows 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, DISCOVERY MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 64.8%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. DISCOVERY MIDDLE is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

Nearest neighbor: WATERFORD ELEMENTARY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DISCOVERY MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DISCOVERY MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 64.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. DISCOVERY MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 941 (now 814). The White share of enrollment decreased from 42% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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