📍 4680 Lake Underhill Rd, Orlando, Orange County, 32807
BETA is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 55 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 7.9:1. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
BETA enrolls 55 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 36% male and 64% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 7.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 31 | 56% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 35% |
| White | 4 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 1 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
39 of the school's 55 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 38 qualify for free lunch and 1 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
BETA is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 47.
BETA 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 55 students, BETA is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large