MAITLAND MIDDLE

MAITLAND MIDDLE is one of the moderately sized 6-8 campuss in MAITLAND, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, with 786 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

MAITLAND MIDDLE is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that works with 207,778 students overall.

Demographically, MAITLAND MIDDLE reports that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MAITLAND MIDDLE has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at MAITLAND MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MAITLAND MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.6%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) shows that median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which MAITLAND MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is DOMMERICH ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAITLAND MIDDLE at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 887 students in 2018 compared to 786 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.