EAST RIVER HIGH

As a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in ORLANDO, Florida, EAST RIVER HIGH instructs 2,026 students from grades 9 through 12, run under ORANGE. That puts it 96% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

EAST RIVER HIGH is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that hosts 207,778 students overall.

On demographics, EAST RIVER HIGH logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% White, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 38% of students at EAST RIVER HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EAST RIVER HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.2%.

In the surrounding community, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which EAST RIVER HIGH is one.

CORNER LAKE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EAST RIVER HIGH comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 65.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST RIVER HIGH has showed little movement, going from 2,042 students in 2018 to 2,026 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

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