LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 11305 DARYL CARTER PKWY, in ORLANDO, Florida, LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus that works with 2,140 students (grades 9 through 12), part of ORANGE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL sits 107% bigger than that benchmark.

LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that caters to 207,778 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 19% White, 12% Black, 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 67.3%; this one comes in at 47.1%, -20.1 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put 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. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SAND LAKE ELEMENTARY, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE BUENA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 64.1%.

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