LAKE NONA MIDDLE

LAKE NONA MIDDLE, a medium-sized junior high in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, serves 1,179 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so LAKE NONA MIDDLE sits 48% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 272 schools in ORANGE (207,778 students total), LAKE NONA MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LAKE NONA MIDDLE logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 9% Asian, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting LAKE NONA MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 39%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAKE NONA MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.3%; this one delivers 74.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), LAKE NONA MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE NONA MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 65.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE NONA MIDDLE has decreased 12%, going from 1,339 students in 2018 to 1,179 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

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