📍 650 East River Falcons Way, Orlando, Orange County, 32833
East River High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 2,050 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.8:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 99%. The school offers 9 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
East River High enrolls 2,050 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 90 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 13% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 917 | 45% |
| White | 719 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 264 | 13% |
| Asian | 85 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 2.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 13 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
929 of the school's 2,050 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 850 qualify for free lunch and 79 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
East River High is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
East River High 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 2,050 students, East River High is larger than the district average of about 746 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe