GOTHA MIDDLE

GOTHA MIDDLE operates as a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in WINDERMERE, Florida, operated by ORANGE. Current enrollment sits at 988 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so GOTHA MIDDLE sits 24% above that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, GOTHA MIDDLE reports that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% Hispanic, 27% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GOTHA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.7%; this one delivers 56.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), GOTHA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

METROWEST ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOTHA MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.1%.

GOTHA MIDDLE operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 1,229 students in 2018 compared to 988 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

On allk12, members of the GOTHA MIDDLE community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.