Lake Eola Charter, Orlando FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Lake Eola Charter

Lake Eola Charter sits on North Magnolia Avenue in downtown Orlando, a location that puts it squarely in one of the city's most walkable and civically active zones. Lake Eola Park, with its Sunday farmers market, is nearby. The LYNX bus network, the free LYMMO circulator, and SunRail commuter rail are all accessible from the neighborhood. This is not a suburban campus setting. It is an urban school embedded in a downtown that is actively growing, with large mixed-use developments underway and the UCF Downtown and Valencia College campuses a short walk away.

The school is a charter serving kindergarten through eighth grade, operating under the Orange County district umbrella. Enrollment is small, which means class sizes tend to be intimate and individual students are more visible to staff. The student body is racially mixed across several groups, with no single group forming a large majority. Free and reduced-price lunch data was not reported in the available records, so economic context for the student population is not fully clear from this data.

On Florida's FAST assessments, the academic picture is genuinely uneven and worth examining closely. Third grade math proficiency comes in solidly and ELA also shows strength at the third grade level. Eighth grade ELA and sixth grade ELA are relatively stronger spots as well. Science at the eighth grade level lands at a solid majority proficient. But across the middle grades in both math and ELA, results are more modest. Fourth and seventh grade math proficiency is low, well below the majority-proficient threshold. Fourth, fifth, and seventh grade ELA follow a similar pattern. Eighth grade math data was suppressed, likely due to small group size. Compared to the other districts serving Orange County, the school's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint among that set, placing it in the bottom range relative to those neighbors. Parents considering the middle school years in particular may want to ask the school directly about how it supports students in math across grades four through seven, where the gaps are most apparent.

Multi-year trend data was not available in the records provided, so it is not possible to say whether these results reflect improvement, decline, or stability over time.

No information on course offerings, AP or enrichment programs, dual enrollment, or extracurricular activities was included in the data provided. The school's website would be the right place to look for program specifics, which matter considerably when evaluating a K-8 school that does not offer a high school pathway. A graduation rate does not apply here for that reason.

Chronic absenteeism and discipline data were also absent from the available records. For a small school, those metrics can shift noticeably from year to year, so they are worth asking about.

On the housing side, the zip code around the school has seen home values soften modestly year over year and now sits slightly below the statewide median. Rents have also dipped slightly. The price-to-income ratio remains stretched relative to the national picture, and estimated monthly ownership costs are substantial, which reflects downtown Orlando's competitive market. Renters currently pay a lower monthly cost than buyers at prevailing mortgage rates, which is relevant context for families weighing whether to establish roots near the school.

Downtown Orlando is in a notable construction phase. Westcourt, a large mixed-use project near the Kia Center, is expected to break ground in late 2025 with completion around 2027. Creative Village is expanding with new housing and a hotel. The opening of Universal's Epic Universe in 2025 adds to regional employment. Families choosing this neighborhood are entering a place in motion, with accompanying noise, density, and the longer-term prospect of an increasingly urban core.

No parent-relevant district changes were identified for Orange County in the publicly available information searched for this report.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 63% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 64% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 58% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 60% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 39% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 59% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 59% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 58% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 670%

School 70% · District 59% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 55% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 865%

School 65% · District 53% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 62% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 52% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.