Renaissance Charter School at Chickasaw Trail, Orlando FL

Original Research by School Decision on Renaissance Charter School at Chickasaw Trail

Renaissance Charter School at Chickasaw Trail sits on Valencia College Lane in East Orlando, a part of the city that runs suburban in character compared to the denser, more urban downtown core. The school serves kindergarten through eighth grade as a charter, drawing from a broad swath of the east side of one of Florida's fastest-growing metros. Orlando itself is in a sustained growth phase, publicly reported as expected to accelerate into 2026, with major employment anchors in tourism, healthcare, and aerospace spread across the region.

The student body is sizable for a K-8 charter. Hispanic students make up the clear majority of enrollment, Black students are the next largest group, and white and Asian students together account for a much smaller share. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing this squarely among schools serving high concentrations of economically disadvantaged families. Data on English learner rates and students with IEPs was not available in what we received.

State assessment results on Florida's FAST exam, reported for the most recent school year, tell a consistent story across subjects and grades: proficiency rates across reading, math, and science are well below what most families would hope to see. In the earlier elementary grades, math and ELA scores land in roughly the mid-thirties to low forties. Fifth grade is the low point in both subjects, with proficiency dropping sharply. Scores in the middle grades recover somewhat but remain in the mid-thirties to low forties range. Science proficiency at both tested grade levels falls below that of ELA and math. Placed against districts in Orange County, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. A parent reviewing these results would reasonably want to ask the school directly about its academic support structures, intervention programming, and what specific steps it is taking to move more students to grade-level mastery. The data as it stands does not resolve those questions; it only raises them.

No program offerings were included in what we received, so we cannot say whether the school has distinctive curriculum, enrichment, or extracurricular programs that might shape a family's decision. The district brief for Orange County Schools turned up no parent-relevant policy or program changes we could confirm, so we left that out rather than speculate.

On the housing side, the zip code around Chickasaw Trail reflects a market that is modestly above the Florida state median in home values, with prices that have slipped slightly year over year. Rents in the area are roughly at the state midpoint. The broader Orlando market has climbed sharply over the past several years, and affordability relative to income has tightened considerably. Families renting would spend close to thirty percent of median income on housing at current rental levels, and a monthly mortgage on a median-priced home in the area runs well above that. East Orlando remains less expensive than some of the city's growth corridors near Clermont and Winter Garden, but it is no longer cheap. Publicly reported development projects, including a major second phase of the Creative Village downtown and the opened Epic Universe theme park, point to continued regional pressure on housing costs.

Graduation rate is not applicable here because the school ends at eighth grade and does not serve high school students. Multi-year trend data was not available in what we received, so it is not possible to say whether results have been improving, holding steady, or declining.

A family choosing this school is choosing a charter option in a high-growth, economically diverse part of East Orlando, with a predominantly Hispanic student body and a substantial low-income population. The academic results as measured by state assessments are a genuine concern across the grade band, and a parent considering enrollment would be well served by a direct conversation with school leadership about instructional approaches and student support before making a decision.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 63% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 64% · ▼ 24 pts below district

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

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 58% · ▼ 42 pts below district

▼ 39 pts below state median · ▼ 39 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 60% · ▼ 36 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 737%

School 37% · District 39% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 63% · ▼ 26 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 339%

School 39% · District 59% · ▼ 20 pts below district

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

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 59% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 58% · ▼ 31 pts below district

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

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 59% · ▼ 20 pts below district

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

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 55% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 53% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 62% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 52% · ▼ 28 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 24 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 3Lower-income31%Higher-income51%20 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income53%30 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income28%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income45%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income45%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income51%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income59%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income57%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income15%Higher-income18%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income28%7 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income31%Higher-income46%15 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income43%10 pp gap