ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER

ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER is a modestly sized elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, operated by ORANGE. The school works with 305 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 50% below typical.

Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder is composed of 18% White, 16% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 31.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $79,719, 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 ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER is one.

The closest other public school is ARBOR RIDGE K-8, roughly 1.0 miles away. 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), ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site. ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at ORANGE COUNTY PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER has ticked down 29%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 305 in 2024. The White share of enrollment fell from 24% to 18% over that span.

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