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RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA
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 43 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA
Set in KISSIMMEE, Florida, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA is a mid-sized elementary-level community, overseen by OSCEOLA. It teaches 879 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA is one of 83 schools operated by OSCEOLA, a district that works with 75,388 students overall.
In terms of who attends, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 9% White, 2% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.8%.
In the area at large, Osceola County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,637, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA is one of 88 public schools in Osceola County (combined enrollment of about 74,164 students).
Nearest neighbor: POINCIANA HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.5%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL AT POINCIANA's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 897 (now 879). Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 63% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.
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