HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE

Set in ORLANDO, Florida, HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, operated by ORANGE. It works with 1,057 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

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

On the student-mix side, HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE lists that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 18% White, 7% Asian, 5% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the resource side, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.4%; this one delivers 67.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate 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. HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).

Nearest neighbor: HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 1,350 students in 2018 compared to 1,057 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 68% across the same window.

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