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What's the most underrated thing about PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
544
High
DISTRICT 1,318 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147003634
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
501 SIMPSON RD, KISSIMMEE, FL 34744 · (407) 518-5407 · Osceola County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Florida public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 40.0:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
199 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 140 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 134 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 138 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 132 | 24% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
92.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
FL avg 58.9%
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | N/A |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (89.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 544 | 36.6% | 89.6% |
| MEDICAL ACADEMY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (M.A.S.T.) @ HOM HOMESTEAD | 511 | 40.9% | 91.9% |
| MATER BISCAYNE ACADEMY NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL MIAMI | 308 | 38.0% | 68.3% |
| OSCEOLA COUNTY SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS KISSIMMEE | 1,002 | 37.4% | 88.9% |
| CUTLER BAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 590 | 29.7% | 77.7% |
| YOUNG WOMENS PREPARATORY ACADEMY MIAMI | 295 | 40.3% | 88.0% |
Matched among Florida high 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 PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.6% | #18 of 555 | #2 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #24 of 549 | #2 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #16 of 559 ▼ 2 | #2 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #479 of 830 | #12 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #373 of 575 | #15 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #432 of 594 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #404 of 630 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #220 of 289 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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
544
+66 (+14%) vs 2020
+71% since 2000-01, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 544 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 37% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 23.5 | 22.7:1 | 41% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 21 | 26.1:1 | 40% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 20 | 23.9:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 53% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 27 | 23.1:1 | 63% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 31 | 22.0:1 | 64% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 318 | 8 | 39.8:1 | 40% (126) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
A small high school in KISSIMMEE, Florida, PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is part of OSCEOLA. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 544 students. The typical figure for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students.
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL falls under OSCEOLA, which has 83 schools enrolling 75,388 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, at 70%. Smaller groups are 16% White, 9% Black, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Osceola County is roughly 56% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 23 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 23.6:1. That is close to the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 37%. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Osceola County.
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 98% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is 26.8 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Florida.
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is located in Osceola County, where the median household income is $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 88 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is HERITAGE PARK ACADEMY, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL places 2nd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 14% from its 2020-21 level of 478.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in OSCEOLA
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- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
Other schools in KISSIMMEE
- TOHOPEKALIGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,929 students
- POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,573 students
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,345 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,882 students
- WESTSIDE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,496 students
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT TAPESTRYElementary · 1,419 students
Nearby schools
- HERITAGE PARK ACADEMY0.4 mi · 57
- LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOLS(OSCEOLA CAMPUS)0.4 mi · 120
- HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PROGRAM0.6 mi · 2
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,882
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT (SLAM)0.8 mi · 170
- CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL?
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 09-12.
Is PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL?
At PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 16% White, 70% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by OSCEOLA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.