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MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of large scale in SAINT CLOUD, Florida, one of the schools within OSCEOLA, instructing 921 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 52% above that benchmark.
MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 83 schools operated by OSCEOLA, a district that enrolls 75,388 students overall.
On demographics, MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Osceola County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 53.6%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Osceola County put median household earnings sit near $72,637, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Osceola County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students), MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
ST. CLOUD MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.3%.
MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 47%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 921 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 47% to 33%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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