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How has OCOEE MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,155
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001379
OCOEE MIDDLE
300 S BLUFORD AVE, OCOEE, FL 34761 · (407) 877-5035 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,155 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
560 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 | 378 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 369 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 408 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%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
OCOEE MIDDLE→OCOEE HIGH
Feeds from
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
47.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 49.7% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 OCOEE MIDDLE
OCOEE MIDDLE's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCOEE MIDDLE this school | 1,155 | 48.5% | 48.4% |
| PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 999 | 46.2% | 44.6% |
| APOLLO MIDDLE SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 1,143 | 45.1% | 55.7% |
| EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL GIBSONTON | 1,174 | 54.5% | 34.0% |
| POMPANO BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 1,087 | 51.0% | 53.0% |
| CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE ORLANDO | 955 | 41.6% | 38.3% |
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 OCOEE MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #348 of 560 | #23 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #277 of 560 ▲ 47 | #21 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #361 of 560 ▲ 31 | #26 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,155 | #72 of 584 | #7 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #388 of 547 | #32 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #120 of 553 | #12 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.5% | #323 of 565 | #17 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #134 of 379 | #18 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
1,155
-97 (-8%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 1,076
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 1,155 | 56 | 20.6:1 | 48% (560) |
| 2023-24 | 1,148 | 59 | 19.5:1 | 55% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 1,192 | 59 | 20.2:1 | 55% (658) |
| 2020-21 | 1,252 | 62 | 20.2:1 | 49% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 1,429 | 78 | 18.3:1 | 71% (1,008) |
| 2015-16 | 1,410 | 73 | 19.3:1 | 70% (983) |
| 2010-11 | 1,624 | 84 | 19.3:1 | 61% (996) |
| 2000-01 | 1,257 | 58 | 21.7:1 | 40% (500) |
| 1990-91 | 1,076 | 59 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OCOEE MIDDLE.
About OCOEE MIDDLE
As a medium-sized middle-grades school, OCOEE MIDDLE serves students in OCOEE, Florida. The school had 1,155 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Florida) has about 794 students.
OCOEE MIDDLE reports to ORANGE, which has 272 schools and 207,778 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at OCOEE MIDDLE is Black (39%). Smaller groups are 39% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 20% Black. OCOEE MIDDLE has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 56 full-time-equivalent teachers at OCOEE MIDDLE and a ratio of 20.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 48% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 39%, lower than here.
allk12 grades OCOEE MIDDLE a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Florida, OCOEE MIDDLE is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.4% actual against a predicted 56.9%.
In Orange County (population about 1,471,937), median household income is about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 286 public schools operate in Orange County, serving about 216,813 students.
The shortest distance from OCOEE MIDDLE to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to OCOEE ELEMENTARY. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, OCOEE MIDDLE ranks 5th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,252 in 2020-21 and 1,155 in 2024-25, a decrease of 97 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at OCOEE MIDDLE. 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
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Other schools in ORANGE
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- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
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- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in OCOEE
- OCOEE HIGHHigh · 2,514 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER AT CROWN POINTElementary · 1,290 students
- INNOVATION MONTESSORI OCOEECombined · 919 students
- OCOEE ELEMENTARYElementary · 723 students
- THORNEBROOKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 561 students
- WESTBROOKE ELEMENTARYElementary · 534 students
Other Ocoee Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ocoee Middle. OCOEE MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- Ocoee Middle SchoolCleveland, TN · 1,096 students
Nearby schools
- OCOEE ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 723
- CITRUS ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 506
- SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 445
- INNOVATION MONTESSORI OCOEE1.8 mi · 919
- WESTBROOKE ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 534
- LEGACY HIGH CHARTER2.0 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About OCOEE MIDDLEWhat is the total enrollment at OCOEE MIDDLE?
OCOEE MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,155 students in grades 06-08.
Is OCOEE MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
OCOEE MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at OCOEE MIDDLE?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at OCOEE MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at OCOEE MIDDLE?
At OCOEE MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 15% White, 39% Hispanic, 39% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is OCOEE MIDDLE public or private?
OCOEE MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.