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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LAKE NONA HIGH this year?
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Enrollment
2,974
High
DISTRICT 1,338 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144007646
LAKE NONA HIGH
12500 NARCOOSSEE RD, ORLANDO, FL 32832 · (407) 956-8300 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL2,974 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
118 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
432 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 575 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 594 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 654 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 1,151 | 39% |
Student demographics
56%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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 LAKE NONA HIGH
LAKE NONA HIGH's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE NONA HIGH this school | 2,974 | 14.5% | 62.4% |
| CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL WESTON | 4,579 | 8.8% | 76.0% |
| WINDERMERE HIGH WINDERMERE | 3,217 | 12.2% | 68.6% |
| HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL WINTER GARDEN | 2,685 | 9.8% | 65.5% |
| TIMBER CREEK HIGH ORLANDO | 3,383 | 19.0% | 65.6% |
| WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 2,492 | 23.7% | 70.8% |
Matched among Florida high 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 LAKE NONA HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #153 of 555 | #9 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #254 of 549 ▲ 19 | #12 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #140 of 559 ▲ 35 | #6 of 28 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,974 | #24 of 830 | #7 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #462 of 575 | #25 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #322 of 594 | #22 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.5% | #582 of 630 | #29 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #263 of 289 | #16 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,974
-544 (-15%) vs 2020
+134% since 2010-11, when it was 1,270
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 2,974 | 118 | 25.2:1 | 15% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 4,546 | 182 | 25.0:1 | 21% (937) |
| 2022-23 | 4,362 | 177 | 24.6:1 | 34% (1,472) |
| 2020-21 | 3,518 | 151 | 23.3:1 | 39% (1,379) |
| 2017-18 | 3,011 | 128 | 23.5:1 | 40% (1,197) |
| 2015-16 | 2,528 | 112 | 22.6:1 | 42% (1,070) |
| 2010-11 | 1,270 | 65 | 19.5:1 | 43% (551) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE NONA HIGH.
About LAKE NONA HIGH
LAKE NONA HIGH is classified as a high school. It is located in ORLANDO, Florida. It had 2,974 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 9 through 12. High schools in Florida have about 1,035 students on average; enrollment here is 187% higher.
The 272 schools of ORANGE, including LAKE NONA HIGH, enroll 207,778 students.
The share of Hispanic students at LAKE NONA HIGH is 62%, a majority. It is also 22% White, 7% Asian, 7% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 34% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Classroom staffing at LAKE NONA HIGH totals 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.2:1. The average for high schools in Florida, 23.5:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at LAKE NONA HIGH is about 15%. The average for public schools in Orange County is 39%.
LAKE NONA HIGH holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 56% of Florida public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LAKE NONA HIGH is 11.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 62.4%. Predicted: 73.9%.
The school's county is Orange County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Orange County number 286, with about 216,813 students.
About 1.0 miles separate LAKE NONA HIGH from the closest public school, LAKE NONA MIDDLE. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 71.0% on proficiency, and LAKE NONA HIGH is below that at 62.4%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 544 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 23.3:1 to 25.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
- OLYMPIA HIGHHigh · 2,901 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE NONA MIDDLE1.0 mi · 1,179
- EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 827
- LAUREATE PARK ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 1,220
- VILLAGE PARK ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 597
- LUMINARY MIDDLE1.9 mi · 662
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES2.6 mi · 962
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE NONA HIGHHow many students attend LAKE NONA HIGH?
LAKE NONA HIGH enrolls approximately 2,974 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LAKE NONA HIGH serve?
LAKE NONA HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at LAKE NONA HIGH?
Approximately 25.2:1 students per teacher at LAKE NONA HIGH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKE NONA HIGH?
At LAKE NONA HIGH, the student body is approximately 22% White, 62% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LAKE NONA HIGH in?
LAKE NONA HIGH is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.