The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 45% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Reedy Creek Elementary School
Reedy Creek Elementary sits on Eagles Trail in Kissimmee's southwestern residential area, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade as a regular public school within the Osceola County district. It is a school of meaningful size for its grade band, with a student body that is majority Hispanic and draws from a community shaped by tourism employment, healthcare, and a growing residential base of newer master-planned neighborhoods nearby.
The school's demographic picture includes a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic realities of a corridor where many families work in the theme-park and hospitality industries. Data on English learner enrollment and students with IEPs was not available in the data provided, which is worth asking the school about directly given the community's language diversity.
On Florida's FAST assessments, the most recently reported results show a pattern worth understanding. Reading proficiency in third grade comes in solidly, above the midpoint, and is the clearest academic bright spot in the available data. By fourth and fifth grade, ELA proficiency pulls back to just above half of students reaching the benchmark. Math tells a more challenging story: across third, fourth, and fifth grades, proficiency runs below half of all students tested, with fifth grade the lowest point among the three. The fifth-grade science assessment lands right at the halfway mark. These results are from the 2024-25 school year. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this data alone whether the school is improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent would do well to ask the school directly about what trajectory the data shows internally and what academic support structures are in place.
Because this is a comparison set of one district in Osceola County, a formal position relative to neighboring districts could not be computed. The proficiency patterns do sit below Florida state averages in math and roughly near them in ELA, which is a fair read from the data available.
The housing market around the school reflects Kissimmee's growth context. Home values in the immediate zip code have eased slightly year over year, coming in modestly below the Florida state benchmark, which may represent a relative opportunity for buyers in a market that has seen rapid appreciation across the region. Rents have moved up slightly over the same period, and rent as a share of income runs at a level that makes affordability a real consideration for families in this community. Kissimmee itself is described publicly as one of Central Florida's fastest-growing markets, with new master-planned communities like Kindred expanding the residential options near this corridor.
Kissimmee as a place has a genuine split character. The historic downtown around Broadway, with its walkable street grid, lakefront park on Lake Tohopekaliga, SunRail commuter access, and independent restaurant scene, is a different daily environment from the car-dependent tourism strip to the west. Families living in the newer southwestern subdivisions where Reedy Creek is located tend to experience the residential side of this growth area rather than the downtown core, though both are accessible. The city is investing in downtown livability through a planned complete-streets redesign that would add bike lanes, wider sidewalks, and a roundabout along the main commercial streets.
No program offerings data was available for Reedy Creek specifically, and the Osceola district brief search was exhausted before confirming any specific recent district-level changes worth noting. Those gaps are named here rather than filled. A parent considering this school would have the clearest picture by visiting and asking the school directly about enrichment programming, language support, and the academic support provided to students who are not yet at grade level in math.
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