HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL

HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized junior high in KISSIMMEE, Florida, one of the schools within OSCEOLA. The school hosts 1,008 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 27% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 83 schools in OSCEOLA (75,388 students total), HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%; the rest looks like 20% Black, 15% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 48.8%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Osceola County shows median household income runs about $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Osceola County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL has fell 22%, going from 1,297 students in 2018 to 1,008 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 20% to 15%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.