MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE

MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE is a reasonably sized middle school in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE. The school works with 808 students in grades 6 through 8.

ORANGE comprises 272 schools with combined enrollment of 207,778 students; MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE logs that 79% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 39.9%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Around the school, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: RIDGEWOOD PARK ELEMENTARY, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 43.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE has contracted 24%, going from 1,065 students in 2018 to 808 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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