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MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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%.
About MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH
Located at 3250 PLEASANT HILL ROAD, in KISSIMMEE, Florida, MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH is a low-enrollment high school that instructs 536 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within OSCEOLA. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.
OSCEOLA comprises 83 schools with combined enrollment of 75,388 students; MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH is among them.
On demographics, MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 15% Black, 9% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.
On the income-and-resources front, MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 28.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Osceola County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 41.7%.
In the area at large, census data for Osceola County shows median household income runs about $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH is one of 88 public schools in Osceola County (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students).
The closest other public school is MATER BRIGHTON LAKES, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.3%.
The school occupies a rural site. MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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