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Enrollment
1,006
Middle
DISTRICT 906 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144005025
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE
3801 E WETHERBEE RD, ORLANDO, FL 32824 · (407) 251-2413 · Orange County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,006 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 40% of Florida public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
333 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 321 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 323 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 362 | 36% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE→CYPRESS CREEK HIGH
Based on published attendance-zone data from ORANGE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
60.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.4% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 51.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
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 SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE this school | 1,006 | 33.1% | 55.1% |
| CITY/PEMBROKE PINES CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 1,353 | 36.7% | 83.8% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,290 | 33.1% | 55.8% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 1,056 | 31.2% | 75.7% |
| HUNTERS CREEK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,057 | 23.6% | 67.6% |
| FREEDOM MIDDLE ORLANDO | 1,150 | 35.6% | 44.0% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #255 of 560 | #19 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #290 of 560 ▲ 12 | #23 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #188 of 560 ▲ 18 | #13 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,006 | #148 of 584 | #16 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #383 of 547 | #31 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #329 of 553 | #28 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.1% | #457 of 565 | #29 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #258 of 379 | #29 of 33 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,006
-72 (-7%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 977
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 1,006 | 49 | 20.5:1 | 33% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 1,077 | 51 | 21.1:1 | 40% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 1,146 | 53 | 21.6:1 | 42% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 1,078 | 55 | 19.6:1 | 41% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 1,101 | 59 | 18.7:1 | 100% (1,098) |
| 2015-16 | 1,005 | 56 | 17.9:1 | 100% (1,002) |
| 2010-11 | 977 | 48 | 20.4:1 | 71% (693) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE.
About SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE
Students in ORLANDO, Florida, attend SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE, a mid-sized middle-grades school. There are 1,006 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 27% bigger than the 794-student average for middle schools in Florida.
Across its 272 schools, ORANGE enrolls 207,778 students. SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is one of those schools.
About 64% of the student body at SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 14% Black, 10% White, and 10% Asian. County-wide, 34% of Orange County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Teacher count: 49 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.5:1. Across middle schools in Florida, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Roughly 33% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Florida public middle schools.
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 55.1%, compared with a predicted 64.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Orange County area, the median household earns about $79,719 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE shares Orange County with 285 other public schools.
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is about 1.1 miles from WETHERBEE ELEMENTARY, its nearest public school. SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE's average proficiency of 55.1% compares with 55.1% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 7% over 4 years, reaching 1,006 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Other South Creek Middle schools
One other US public school is named South Creek Middle. SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is the largest of the 2.
- South Creek MiddleRobersonville, NC · 146 students
Nearby schools
- WETHERBEE ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 939
- MEADOW WOODS MIDDLE1.7 mi · 833
- MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 571
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH2.3 mi · 3,127
- SALLY RIDE ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 399
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH CREEK MIDDLEHow many students attend SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE?
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE enrolls approximately 1,006 students in grades 06-08.
Is SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is approximately 20.5:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE?
Student demographics at SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE are roughly 10% White, 64% Hispanic, 14% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE in?
SOUTH CREEK MIDDLE is part of ORANGE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.