ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8

Located at 2600 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, in ORLANDO, Florida, ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 is a mid-sized K-5 school that hosts 626 students (grades K through 8), overseen by ORANGE.

ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 is one of those campuses.

On demographics, ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 logs that the largest single group is Asian at 29%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 23% White, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.4%; this one delivers 80.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ORLANDO SCIENCE ELEMENTARY CHARTER, roughly 0.1 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), ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. As a public charter, ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, members of the ORLANDO SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL K-8 community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.