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Enrollment
833
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144003458
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE
1800 RHODE ISLAND WOODS CIR, ORLANDO, FL 32824 · (407) 850-5180 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
388 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 | 246 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 38% |
Student demographics
45%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
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE→CYPRESS CREEK 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
51.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.6pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +18.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 40.2% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE this school | 833 | 46.6% | 46.9% |
| EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL NAPLES | 875 | 45.1% | 60.4% |
| NEPTUNE MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 1,040 | 45.2% | 57.6% |
| DRIFTWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 955 | 47.2% | 47.4% |
| KISSIMMEE MIDDLE SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 892 | 51.8% | 41.1% |
| DAVIDSEN MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 969 | 48.8% | 46.5% |
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 MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #372 of 560 | #25 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #268 of 560 ▲ 168 | #20 of 41 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #314 of 560 ▲ 77 | #24 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #269 of 584 | #26 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #139 of 547 | #6 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #429 of 553 | #37 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #347 of 565 | #18 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #181 of 379 | #24 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
833
-115 (-12%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 1,285
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 833 | 47 | 17.7:1 | 47% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 45 | 18.4:1 | 49% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 896 | 45 | 19.9:1 | 52% (462) |
| 2020-21 | 948 | 50 | 19.0:1 | 51% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 981 | 52 | 18.9:1 | 54% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 966 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 100% (963) |
| 2010-11 | 1,155 | 61 | 18.9:1 | 80% (921) |
| 2000-01 | 1,285 | 57 | 22.5:1 | 46% (593) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE.
About MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE
Located in ORLANDO, Florida, MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle-grades school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 833 students.
ORANGE has 207,778 students spread across 272 schools.
Roughly 72% of students at MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% Black, 7% White, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 34%. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 47% in 2024-25.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 57.8%. MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE scores 46.9%.
Census estimates describe Orange County this way: the median household income is $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE, Orange County has 285 other public schools.
The closest other public school is MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE is behind the 58.1% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES describes the area around MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE's enrollment dropped from 948 in 2020-21 to 833 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.7:1.
Community posts for MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 571
- WYNDHAM LAKES ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 592
- STONEWYCK ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 660
- SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE1.7 mi · 1,006
- WETHERBEE ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 939
- OAKSHIRE ELEMENTARY2.1 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOW WOODS MIDDLEHow large is MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE?
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 833 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE serve?
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE is approximately 17.7:1 (47 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE?
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE reports a student body of 7% White, 72% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE in?
MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.