OLYMPIA HIGH

OLYMPIA HIGH, a sizable secondary school in ORLANDO, Florida, one of the schools within ORANGE, caters to 2,901 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 180% bigger than the state mean of about 1,035.

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

On demographics, OLYMPIA HIGH records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Black, 24% White, 6% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school reports having 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, OLYMPIA HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $79,719 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which OLYMPIA HIGH is one.

CHAIN OF LAKES MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OLYMPIA HIGH ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 59.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OLYMPIA HIGH has declined 13%, going from 3,353 students in 2018 to 2,901 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 27% to 39%. Class-load math has rose: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.