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Enrollment
851
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150004030
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
6775 180TH AVE N, LOXAHATCHEE, FL 33470 · (561) 422-2500 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.8:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
303 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 258 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 294 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 299 | 35% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
58.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
67.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 67.5% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 71.4% |
% 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
62.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (62.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 851 | 35.6% | 62.6% |
| BOCA RATON COMMUNITY MIDDLE SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,058 | 37.5% | 60.4% |
| MAITLAND MIDDLE MAITLAND | 786 | 35.1% | 58.1% |
| MULRENNAN MIDDLE SCHOOL VALRICO | 1,027 | 33.9% | 58.0% |
| GRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL GROVELAND | 985 | 40.0% | 43.7% |
| GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 901 | 36.0% | 63.8% |
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 OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.6% | #168 of 560 | #15 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #178 of 560 ▼ 64 | #16 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #205 of 560 ▼ 66 | #20 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #257 of 584 | #23 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #73 of 547 | #14 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.2% | #107 of 553 | #12 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #435 of 565 | #23 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.9% | #45 of 137 | #3 of 7 |
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
851
+109 (+15%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 865
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 851 | 50.8 | 16.8:1 | 36% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 45 | 18.6:1 | 41% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 43 | 19.4:1 | 41% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 56% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 49% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 666 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 49% (327) |
| 2010-11 | 865 | 48 | 18.0:1 | 47% (403) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in LOXAHATCHEE, Florida, are served by OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reports enrollment of 851 students in grades 6 through 8.
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the 233 schools that make up PALM BEACH (191,505 students in total).
At OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 39%. Other groups include 38% White, 16% Black, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. By comparison, Palm Beach County residents are about 24% Hispanic. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.8 students per teacher. Middle schools in Florida have an average ratio of 19.6:1. The school reported 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Palm Beach County averages 45%, higher than here.
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Florida public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 62.6% actual against 63.3% predicted.
Census data for Palm Beach County show the median household earns about $83,581 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Palm Beach County number 245, with about 192,831 students.
FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 15%.
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Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in LOXAHATCHEE
- SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,246 students
- LOXAHATCHEE GROVES ELEMENTARYElementary · 695 students
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 688 students
- PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 571 students
- ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 569 students
- SADDLE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary
Nearby schools
- FRONTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 688
- SEMINOLE RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 2,246
- ACREAGE PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 569
- WESTERN PINES COMMUNITY MIDDLE4.0 mi · 1,097
- GOLDEN GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 956
- PIERCE HAMMOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 851 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL?
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 38% White, 39% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.