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Enrollment
1,267
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147008352
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES
3200 PLEASANT HILL RD, KISSIMMEE, FL 34746 · (407) 931-0325 · Osceola County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,267 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,059 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 171 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 192 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 43% smaller than its 8th grade class (192).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
50.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 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 | 50.4% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 44.6% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 MATER BRIGHTON LAKES
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATER BRIGHTON LAKES this school | 1,267 | 83.6% | 47.3% |
| KNIGHTS POINT K-8 KISSIMMEE | 1,239 | 82.7% | 30.3% |
| RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT GOLDENROD ORLANDO | 1,129 | 78.7% | 47.8% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 976 | 78.2% | 40.3% |
| GOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 691 | 80.8% | 38.3% |
| BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OSCEOLA COUNTY KISSIMMEE | 837 | 83.0% | 36.3% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,474 of 2,136 | #17 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #1,465 of 2,149 ▲ 179 | #15 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #1,282 of 2,149 ▲ 89 | #19 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,267 | #67 of 2,267 | #4 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #1,780 of 2,077 | #33 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #1,440 of 2,108 | #29 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #85 of 2,188 | #2 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.9% | #178 of 621 | #3 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
1,267
+381 (+43%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 1,267 | 68 | 18.6:1 | 84% (1,059) |
| 2023-24 | 1,316 | 60 | 21.9:1 | 75% (991) |
| 2022-23 | 1,283 | 60 | 21.4:1 | 79% (1,017) |
| 2020-21 | 886 | 47 | 18.9:1 | 80% (711) |
| 2017-18 | 1,039 | 56 | 18.6:1 | 64% (663) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 78% (366) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MATER BRIGHTON LAKES.
About MATER BRIGHTON LAKES
The public elementary school MATER BRIGHTON LAKES is located in KISSIMMEE, Florida. The school has 1,267 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 8. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 110% higher.
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES is one of 83 schools in OSCEOLA, which enrolls 75,388 students in total.
More than half of the students at MATER BRIGHTON LAKES are Hispanic (69%). Other reported shares: 19% Black and 8% White. That is higher than the 56% Hispanic share among all Osceola County residents. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at MATER BRIGHTON LAKES are from different groups.
On staff are 68 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 84% of students at MATER BRIGHTON LAKES are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 52% for public schools in Osceola County.
Among Florida public elementary schools, MATER BRIGHTON LAKES outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 47.3% and a predicted 39.3%.
For the population of Osceola County, median household income comes to about $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Osceola County counts 88 public schools with about 74,164 students.
Of the public schools around it, MATER BRIGHTON LAKES is closest to MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.6%; MATER BRIGHTON LAKES's is 47.3%, ranking 3rd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area. Federal records list MATER BRIGHTON LAKES as a charter school.
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES enrolled 886 in 2020-21 and 1,267 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
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- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
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- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Nearby schools
- MATER BRIGHTON LAKES ACADEMY PREPARATORY HIGH0.0 mi · 536
- BELLALAGO CHARTER ACADEMY1.1 mi · 1,108
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,362
- DEERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 422
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 1,008
- REEDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About MATER BRIGHTON LAKESHow large is MATER BRIGHTON LAKES?
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES enrolls approximately 1,267 students in grades KG-08.
Is MATER BRIGHTON LAKES an elementary, middle, or high school?
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does MATER BRIGHTON LAKES have?
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
How diverse is MATER BRIGHTON LAKES?
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES reports a student body of 8% White, 69% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MATER BRIGHTON LAKES?
MATER BRIGHTON LAKES is overseen by OSCEOLA in Osceola County.
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