Osceola Science Charter School, Kissimmee FL

Original Research by School Decision on Osceola Science Charter School

Osceola Science Charter School sits on North John Young Parkway in Kissimmee, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a public charter school within the Osceola County school system, meaning enrollment is open but not guaranteed by address, and the school operates with a science-themed identity that distinguishes it from the zoned neighborhood options nearby.

The school enrolls a substantial number of students for a K-8 campus. The student body is majority Hispanic, with meaningful shares of white, Black, and Asian students as well, making it one of the more ethnically mixed school communities in the area. Roughly half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a broad economic cross-section. Data on English learner and special education populations was not available in the records provided, so parents with students in those programs would want to ask the school directly about service models and staff capacity.

Florida's FAST assessments provide grade-by-grade proficiency snapshots. In math, the school's third and fourth graders are performing solidly, with clear majorities reaching proficiency, and seventh graders are also performing well. Fifth and sixth grade math results are more moderate, and eighth grade math sits below the midpoint, which is worth watching as students approach high school preparation. ELA proficiency follows a similar arc: third and fourth grade results are reasonably strong, fifth grade is more mixed, and the middle grades through eighth land in the low-to-mid range. On the Florida Statewide Science Assessment, fifth graders show majority proficiency, while eighth grade science results fall just short of that threshold. Given that the school brands itself around science, a parent might reasonably want to discuss with the school how that identity translates into curriculum depth and what the eighth-grade science trajectory looks like heading into high school. No multi-year trend data was available, so whether these results are improving, holding, or declining is not something the current data can answer.

No graduation rate applies here, as the school does not serve high school grades.

Detailed program information was not provided in the data. The school's science focus is the defining programmatic claim, but the specifics of what that means in practice, lab access, project-based learning structures, any STEM competitions or enrichment tracks, were not available and would be worth exploring directly.

The Kissimmee housing market surrounding the school has seen home values decline modestly over the past year, landing below the Florida state average and also below the national benchmark. Rents have edged down slightly as well. For a family considering a move to enroll here, the area offers a more accessible price point than many Florida metros, though rental costs still consume a meaningful share of a typical household's income. The broader community has a sharp internal character: the historic downtown around Broadway is genuinely walkable, with an independent restaurant scene, a lakefront park on Lake Tohopekaliga, and a SunRail commuter stop, while the western corridor toward the tourist strip is car-dependent and commercially dense. Kissimmee is described publicly as one of Central Florida's faster-growing markets, with new master-planned communities and ongoing downtown investment including a planned streetscape redesign.

The district brief search did not return confirmed information on any recent policy changes, new programs, or strategic initiatives from the Osceola district, so that layer of context was left out rather than approximated.

For a family drawn to a science-themed public school with a diverse peer community and a K-8 pathway under one roof, Osceola Science Charter School offers a clear identity. The academic results are genuinely strong in the early elementary grades and more uneven by middle school, particularly in math and science at eighth grade, which is the point most worth pressing on before enrolling a middle schooler.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 369%

School 69% · District 54% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

Grade 476%

School 76% · District 49% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 42% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 49% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Grade 777%

School 77% · District 38% · ▲ 39 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 52% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 371%

School 71% · District 51% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 47% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 48% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 668%

School 68% · District 52% · ▲ 16 pts above district

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

Grade 764%

School 64% · District 49% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 49% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Science

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 46% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 43% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

This schoolOSCEOLA, 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-income69%Higher-income73%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income59%Higher-income73%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income48%Higher-income66%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income73%10 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income63%Higher-income66%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income47%Higher-income73%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income67%Higher-income73%6 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income66%Higher-income84%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income61%19 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income54%1 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income75%Higher-income79%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income39%Higher-income56%18 pp gap