📍 2274 S Semoran Blvd, Orlando, Orange County, 32822
Acceleration East is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Orlando, Orange County. The school has 220 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Orange school district. It serves grades 8–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Acceleration East enrolls 220 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 7.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 176 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 12% |
| White | 16 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
154 of the school's 220 students (70%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 142 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Acceleration East 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.
Acceleration East 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 220 students, Acceleration East 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