Ocvs Virtual Franchise, Orlando FL

Original Research by School Decision on Ocvs Virtual Franchise

OCVS Virtual Franchise is a fully virtual, kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade public school operated within Orange County's public school system and based administratively in Orlando. It is not a charter school. The school serves a sizeable enrollment for a virtual program, spread fairly evenly across grade levels with a noticeably larger concentration in the upper secondary grades, particularly twelfth grade. Demographically, the student body is broadly multiracial, with Hispanic students forming the largest single group, followed by white and Black students, and smaller shares of Asian and multiracial students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is low relative to what one might expect from a large urban district, which may partly reflect the self-selection patterns common in virtual schools, where enrollment often skews toward families with stable home environments and technology access. Data on English learners and students with IEPs were not available in the provided records.

Because this is a fully virtual school, certain characteristics that shape traditional school choice simply do not apply here. There is no physical campus to visit or peer environment in the conventional sense, no commute, no hallway culture, and no on-site extracurriculars. What the school offers is a structured online pathway from kindergarten through high school, with the flexibility that model implies. A parent looking for that structure, whether due to family scheduling needs, a student who learns better outside a traditional classroom, or geographic convenience, will find a full grade span here. Whether the school's online platform, teacher responsiveness, and academic support systems meet a particular family's expectations is something worth asking the school directly, as those specifics are not captured in the available data.

On state assessment results from Florida's FAST assessments, the picture is mixed and worth reading carefully. In English language arts, proficiency rates in the elementary grades are solid, with third and fourth graders performing at a level that would look respectable in most Orange County schools. Fifth grade shows a noticeable drop in both ELA and math, as well as a low science proficiency rate on the statewide science assessment, which parents may want to ask the school about. Middle school ELA results recover to a reasonable range across sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Math tells a more varied story: eighth grade is the strongest result, third and fourth grade sit in a mid-range, fifth grade dips sharply, and sixth and seventh grade land in the middle. Eighth-grade science comes in around the midpoint. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to the other districts in Orange County, based on the comparison set of Orange County districts. That said, comparing a virtual school directly to brick-and-mortar district programs involves real complications: virtual schools often serve students who have already had difficulty in traditional settings, or who are managing circumstances that make conventional attendance difficult, and that context matters when reading aggregate proficiency figures. A graduation rate was not available in the provided data.

No specific information about programs, AP access, dual enrollment, or career pathways was available for this school, and no recent district-level parent-relevant changes were identified in the research. Those are real gaps for a parent evaluating whether this school can serve a high school student's post-secondary preparation.

The housing market in the Orlando zip code tied to this school's address shows home values modestly below both state and national benchmarks, with values declining year over year. Rents are running slightly under a third of median household income at current levels, and rent has been essentially flat over the past year. Orlando itself is a city undergoing active commercial and residential development, publicly reported investment in downtown mixed-use projects, and continued growth across the region, but for a fully virtual school those local conditions matter mostly to families who are weighing where to live while their child enrolls here, rather than how far they drive each morning.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

91.0%Cohort of 282 students · Class of 2021

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 183 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 63% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 64% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 58% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 60% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 749%

School 49% · District 39% · ▲ 10 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 858%

School 58% · District 63% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 370%

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

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

Grade 476%

School 76% · District 59% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 58% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 10 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 768%

School 68% · District 55% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 869%

School 69% · District 53% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 62% · ▼ 39 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 846%

School 46% · District 52% · ▼ 6 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolORANGE, same grade

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.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income61%Higher-income70%9 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income52%Higher-income74%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income48%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income34%Higher-income66%32 pp gap