📍 601 Woodbury Rd, Orlando, Orange County, 32828
Discovery Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 812 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1. 55% of students are proficient in reading. 61% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Discovery Middle enrolls 812 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 9.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 423 | 52% |
| White | 255 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 75 | 9.2% |
| Asian | 30 | 3.7% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
427 of the school's 812 students (53%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 356 qualify for free lunch and 71 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Discovery Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 13, state house district 50.
Discovery Middle is one of 276 schools in ORANGE, based in ORLANDO, Florida. The district serves 205,853 students district-wide and employs 11,411 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 812 students, Discovery Middle is close to the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large