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Which teacher or staff member at INNOVATION MIDDLE deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,239
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144008443
INNOVATION MIDDLE
13950 STOREY PARK BLVD, ORLANDO, FL 32832 · (407) 730-4670 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,239 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
207 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 384 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 406 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 449 | 36% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
INNOVATION MIDDLE→INNOVATION HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.3% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 66.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like INNOVATION MIDDLE
INNOVATION MIDDLE's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INNOVATION MIDDLE this school | 1,239 | 16.7% | 66.0% |
| HORIZON WEST MIDDLE WINDERMERE | 1,333 | 15.7% | 64.6% |
| TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTON | 1,308 | 17.5% | 74.4% |
| LAKE NONA MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,179 | 13.7% | 74.7% |
| HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,057 | 23.6% | 67.6% |
| SILVER TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHWEST RANCHES | 1,187 | 24.9% | 67.8% |
Matched among Florida middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where INNOVATION MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #131 of 560 | #11 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #110 of 560 ▲ 36 | #11 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #93 of 560 ▲ 63 | #7 of 41 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,239 | #48 of 584 | #3 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #417 of 547 | #38 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #277 of 553 | #26 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #539 of 565 | #36 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.3% | #34 of 137 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,239
+21 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,239 | 59 | 21.0:1 | 17% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 1,318 | 64 | 20.6:1 | 25% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 1,311 | 69 | 19.0:1 | 37% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 1,218 | 63 | 19.3:1 | 41% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 1,013 | 54 | 18.8:1 | 40% (407) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INNOVATION MIDDLE.
About INNOVATION MIDDLE
INNOVATION MIDDLE is a large middle school. Its address is in ORLANDO, Florida. The student body numbers 1,239 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Florida is about 794, so this school runs 56% bigger than that.
ORANGE is the local district for INNOVATION MIDDLE. It runs 272 schools with 207,778 students.
By race and ethnicity, INNOVATION MIDDLE is 58% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White, 7% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. In Orange County overall, about 34% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at INNOVATION MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
INNOVATION MIDDLE counts 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.0 students for each one. The 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida is lower than this school's figure. About 17% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 39%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, INNOVATION MIDDLE is 6.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.0% actual, 72.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Florida.
In the county around the school, Orange County, median household income is about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. INNOVATION MIDDLE is among the 286 public schools in Orange County.
The school nearest to INNOVATION MIDDLE is MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Within five miles of INNOVATION MIDDLE, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, INNOVATION MIDDLE is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 1,218 students in 2020-21 and 1,239 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 19.3 to 21.0 over 4 years.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other Innovation Middle schools
One other US public school is named Innovation Middle. INNOVATION MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Innovation MiddleSan Diego, CA · 350 students
Nearby schools
- MOSS PARK ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 842
- INNOVATION HIGH1.5 mi · 1,753
- SUN BLAZE ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 1,150
- NORTHLAKE PARK COMMUNITY ELEMENTARY3.1 mi · 608
- MATER ACADEMY NARCOOSSEE3.4 mi · 1,096
- MATER ACADEMY NARCOOSSEE HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About INNOVATION MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at INNOVATION MIDDLE?
INNOVATION MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,239 students in grades 06-08.
Is INNOVATION MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
INNOVATION MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at INNOVATION MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at INNOVATION MIDDLE is approximately 21.0:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at INNOVATION MIDDLE?
Student demographics at INNOVATION MIDDLE are roughly 26% White, 58% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is INNOVATION MIDDLE in?
INNOVATION MIDDLE is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.