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Enrollment
660
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001409
LOCKHART MIDDLE
3411 DOCTOR LOVE RD, ORLANDO, FL 32810 · (407) 296-5120 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
432 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 204 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 233 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%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
LOCKHART MIDDLE→WEKIVA 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
37.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
42.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 42.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 37.9% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 LOCKHART MIDDLE
LOCKHART MIDDLE's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKHART MIDDLE this school | 660 | 65.5% | 39.1% |
| HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 705 | 67.1% | 39.3% |
| BEAR LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 841 | 64.8% | 40.0% |
| JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 821 | 66.6% | 39.5% |
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 748 | 67.9% | 36.0% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE ORLANDO | 712 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
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 LOCKHART MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #478 of 560 | #36 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #466 of 560 ▼ 7 | #36 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #469 of 560 ▲ 25 | #34 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #404 of 584 | #38 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #87 of 547 | #3 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #352 of 553 | #30 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #107 of 565 | #7 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #100 of 379 | #9 of 33 |
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
660
-180 (-21%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 1,091
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 660 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 65% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 741 | 37 | 20.0:1 | 74% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 37 | 21.4:1 | 76% (600) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 43 | 19.5:1 | 69% (577) |
| 2017-18 | 854 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 72% (618) |
| 2015-16 | 776 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 100% (773) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 47 | 17.1:1 | 77% (622) |
| 2000-01 | 1,248 | 67 | 18.6:1 | 57% (709) |
| 1990-91 | 1,091 | 65 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOCKHART MIDDLE.
About LOCKHART MIDDLE
At 3411 DOCTOR LOVE RD in ORLANDO, Florida, LOCKHART MIDDLE operates as a low-enrollment middle school. The latest federal count shows 660 students in grades 6 through 8.
ORANGE enrolls 207,778 students, and its 272 schools include LOCKHART MIDDLE.
At LOCKHART MIDDLE, Black students make up 65% of the student body. After that, the student body is 23% Hispanic, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Orange County is about 20% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
LOCKHART MIDDLE employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 16.9:1. This ratio sits 2.7 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 65% in 2024-25. That is 26 points above the 39% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for LOCKHART MIDDLE is C-. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, LOCKHART MIDDLE is 9.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 286 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 216,813 students in all.
The nearest other public school, POSITIVE PATHWAYS TRANSITION CENTER, is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, LOCKHART MIDDLE ranks 6th on average proficiency.
LOCKHART MIDDLE falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 180 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.9 students per teacher, compared with 19.5 in 2020-21.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
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Nearby schools
- POSITIVE PATHWAYS TRANSITION CENTER0.7 mi · 273
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 526
- LAKE WESTON ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 415
- LOCKHART ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 452
- ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 640
- PINECREST CREEK CHARTER1.8 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About LOCKHART MIDDLEHow large is LOCKHART MIDDLE?
LOCKHART MIDDLE enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 06-08.
Is LOCKHART MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
LOCKHART MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at LOCKHART MIDDLE?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at LOCKHART MIDDLE.
How diverse is LOCKHART MIDDLE?
LOCKHART MIDDLE reports a student body of 8% White, 23% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees LOCKHART MIDDLE?
LOCKHART MIDDLE is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.