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TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE
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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 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE
TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in ORLANDO, Florida, overseen by ORANGE. The school works with 1,067 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 34% above the state mean of about 794.
ORANGE runs 272 schools in total, collectively educating 207,778 students. TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 31% White, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Orange County's rate of about 39%.
With demographic context factored in, TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.5%.
Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports that median household earnings sit near $79,719, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Orange County runs 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), of which TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE is one.
The closest other public school is TIMBER CREEK HIGH, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.8%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. TIMBER SPRINGS MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 18% since 2018, when it stood at 902 (now 1,067). Class-load math has widened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.
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