Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
What 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 63 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK, a sprawling elementary school in ORLANDO, Florida, part of ORANGE, hosts 1,501 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 149% larger than typical.
Within ORANGE, which oversees 272 schools and 207,778 students, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK is one campus in the system.
Demographically, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%); the rest looks like 8% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK has 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 39%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 58.4%, a residual of +4.8 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK is one of 286 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students).
Nearest neighbor: HUNTERS CREEK ELEMENTARY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.4%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Looking at the recent track record. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT HUNTERS CREEK's enrollment has increased 33% since 2018, when it stood at 1,130 (now 1,501). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 74% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
