OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL

OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier intermediate school in OKEECHOBEE, Florida, one of the schools within OKEECHOBEE. The school instructs 689 students in grades 6 through 8.

OKEECHOBEE runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,206 students. OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 40% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Okeechobee County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.4%; this one delivers 43.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Okeechobee County shows median household income runs about $57,984, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Okeechobee County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,206 students), of which OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL has declined 5%, going from 722 students in 2018 to 689 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 36% to 40% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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