The top reported proficiency rate is 10% in Math. The lowest is 9% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Chancery High Charter
Chancery High Charter sits on South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando, a stretch of the city that blends commercial corridors with working residential neighborhoods, well south of downtown and the tourist zones that define the region's broader reputation. The school is a charter alternative serving grades seven through twelve, though in practice the overwhelming share of its enrollment is concentrated in the upper grades, with grade twelve alone accounting for the large majority of students. Grades seven and eight show zero enrollment in the current data, which likely explains why some state test results at those grade levels are suppressed.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with White and Asian students making up a small fraction of enrollment. The school carries a remarkably low share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is unusual for an alternative school in this part of Orlando. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available.
State assessment results for the grades that were tested tell a stark story. In eighth-grade math and ELA, the reported proficiency rates are very low, and the science result is similarly low. Seventh-grade results were suppressed, likely due to small group sizes at that grade. Placed against the districts operating in Orange County, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. A parent considering Chancery High for its academic trajectory should ask the school directly about what academic supports are in place, what the pathway looks like for a student arriving with skill gaps, and how the school prepares students for post-secondary options. Trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether results are improving.
Graduation rate data was not reported for this school. Given that alternative schools often serve students who have experienced interruptions to their traditional schooling, a missing graduation rate is not necessarily a red flag on its own, but it is a genuine gap in the picture. A parent would want to ask the school how it tracks completions and what the outcomes look like for students who enroll.
No program information was available in the data, so specifics about curriculum pathways, dual enrollment, or vocational offerings could not be assessed here.
On the housing side, the zip code around the school sits below both the Florida statewide median home value and the national median, which makes it one of the more accessible entry points into the Orlando market. Rent has edged down slightly year over year. The price-to-income ratio still stretches affordability at current mortgage rates, and rent consumes a meaningful share of a typical household's income, though the gap between renting and owning is relatively narrow here compared to other parts of the metro.
Orlando itself is a city in active expansion. Publicly reported development downtown includes the Creative Village innovation district anchoring UCF and Valencia College in the urban core, and major mixed-use projects are expected to reshape the area north of the Kia Center through the late 2020s. Epic Universe opened in 2025. The region's employment base runs from tourism and hospitality at the large end to healthcare, higher education, and aerospace, giving families with older students reasonable proximity to a range of industries for career exploration.
The district brief for Orange County's public school system turned up no confirmed parent-relevant changes before the research was complete, so district-level context was left out rather than guessed at.
Chancery High Charter is an alternative school with a specific population profile, a top-heavy grade distribution, and academic proficiency results that are well below state norms in the tested grades. For a family whose student fits the particular context an alternative school is designed to serve, that context matters as much as the test scores. The clearest advice is to talk with the school directly about student supports, completion rates, and what a typical graduate's next step looks like.
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