Bridgeprep Academy Osceola County, Kissimmee FL

Original Research by School Decision on Bridgeprep Academy Osceola County

BridgePrep Academy Osceola County is a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade charter school on Koa Street in Kissimmee, Florida. It draws from a community that is majority Hispanic and substantially Black, and a large share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the surrounding neighborhoods. English learner and special education participation rates were not available in the data provided.

The school's academic results on Florida's FAST assessments tell a mixed and mostly challenging story. Reading and writing scores in the early elementary grades are the relative high point: about half of third graders reached proficiency on FAST ELA, which is the strongest reading result across any grade. From there, ELA proficiency drops through fifth and sixth grade and stays low through eighth grade, where fewer than a third of students scored proficient. Math follows a different pattern, with fourth and seventh graders posting stronger results than their immediate peers, but third, fifth, and sixth grade math proficiency rates are all low, and fifth and eighth grade science results are also well below a majority. Across both subjects and most grade levels, the share of students reaching Florida's proficiency standard is below what most families would consider a solid baseline. Parents who want to understand what is behind these numbers, whether related to student mobility, language learning needs, or instructional approach, would be worth asking the school directly.

Trend data was not available, so whether the school has been improving, holding steady, or declining cannot be assessed here.

The comparison framework for Osceola County contained too few districts to produce a meaningful position for this school among its county neighbors, so that context is absent.

BridgePrep Academy Osceola County is part of the broader BridgePrep network, publicly reported as a charter management organization serving urban communities in Florida. Program details specific to this campus were not available in the data provided.

The school sits in Kissimmee, a city that is genuinely bifurcated in character. The historic downtown around Broadway is walkable, anchored by Lake Tohopekaliga, a SunRail commuter rail station, and an independent restaurant district. West toward the Disney corridor, the environment shifts entirely to car-dependent commercial strip development and a dense concentration of short-term vacation rentals. A planned streetscape redesign called Connect Kissimmee is publicly reported to be in progress, intended to add a roundabout, bike lanes, and wider sidewalks to downtown streets. The economy runs on tourism employment tied to the theme park corridor and on healthcare anchored near downtown. New construction communities such as Kindred reflect continued residential growth.

Housing near the school comes in at a price point modestly below the Florida state average, and values have ticked down year over year. Rents, by contrast, have edged up over the same period, and the rent-to-income ratio sits at a level that reflects real cost pressure for working families in the area. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home here is a meaningful household obligation, though the local market does remain more accessible than many parts of Central Florida.

A graduation rate does not apply to BridgePrep Academy Osceola County because it does not serve high school grades. District-level strategic priorities or recent parent-relevant changes from Osceola district were not found before the research budget was exhausted, so that piece is left out rather than guessed at.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 54% · ▼ 25 pts below district

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

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 49% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 42% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 49% · ▼ 20 pts below district

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

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 38% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · District 52% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 47% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 48% · ▼ 14 pts below district

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

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 52% · ▼ 19 pts below district

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

Grade 742%

School 42% · District 49% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 49% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 46% · ▼ 22 pts below district

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

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 43% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below 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 5Lower-income32%Higher-income43%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income41%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income41%Higher-income47%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income54%29 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income21%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income35%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income52%Higher-income64%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income47%Higher-income60%13 pp gap