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RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
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 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Located at 4480 BOGGY CREEK RD, in KISSIMMEE, Florida, RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES is a well-populated multi-level school that teaches 962 students (grades K through 12), overseen by OSCEOLA. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 353 students each, so RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES sits 173% larger than that benchmark.
OSCEOLA runs 83 schools in total, collectively educating 75,388 students. RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES is one of those campuses.
Demographically, RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES lists that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 12% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.
On the resource side, On paper, RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 106.9:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.9%; this one delivers 47.8%.
Zooming out to the county, Osceola County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,637 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES is one of 88 public schools in Osceola County (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students).
The closest other public school is LUMINARY MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RENAISSANCE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES has rose 215%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 962 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 65% to 76% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 106.9:1 in 2025.
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