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OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized intermediate school in SEMINOLE, Florida, operated by PINELLAS, instructs 933 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
PINELLAS comprises 151 schools with combined enrollment of 87,955 students; OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
On the income-and-resources front, OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pinellas County put median household earnings sit near $72,646, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pinellas County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,955 students), of which OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.7%.
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.
Trend over the last 7 years. OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,247 (now 933). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 68% to 61%.
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