OCOEE MIDDLE

OCOEE MIDDLE is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in OCOEE, Florida, overseen by ORANGE, with 1,155 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so OCOEE MIDDLE sits 45% larger than that benchmark.

OCOEE MIDDLE is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that hosts 207,778 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, OCOEE MIDDLE logs that 39% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, OCOEE MIDDLE shows 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Orange County's rate of about 39%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OCOEE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $79,719, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), OCOEE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

OCOEE ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OCOEE MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.4%.

OCOEE MIDDLE operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 1,429 students in 2018 compared to 1,155 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 25% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 20.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.