Victory Charter School K-5, Kissimmee FL

Original Research by School Decision on Victory Charter School K-5

Victory Charter School K-5 sits on North Orange Blossom Trail in Kissimmee, a stretch of the city that sits well outside the walkable historic downtown and closer to the tourism corridor's commercial fabric. It is a public charter school serving kindergarten through fifth grade, authorized under the Osceola County school system, and it draws a student body that is overwhelmingly Hispanic, reflecting the broader demographic character of this part of Kissimmee. The school enrolls a few hundred students spread fairly evenly across its six grade levels. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, though not a majority. Data on English learner and special education populations were not available in the records reviewed.

On state assessments, the picture deserves a parent's careful attention. Florida administers the FAST assessment in reading and math at grades three through five, and the statewide science exam at grade five. At Victory Charter, third-grade results in both math and reading sit roughly in the low-to-mid range, with fewer than half of students scoring proficient in either subject. By fourth grade, both subjects decline further, and fifth-grade math proficiency falls to a quite low level. Fifth-grade science results are similarly low. These are the most recent reported figures, and no multi-year trend data were available, so it is not possible to say from this data whether results are improving, holding steady, or declining. A parent weighing this school would reasonably want to ask the school directly about what interventions exist, how student progress is tracked year over year, and what support is available for students who are behind grade level.

The one program offering listed is an International Baccalaureate affiliation. For an elementary school, IB typically means the Primary Years Programme, a structured inquiry-based approach to learning that can appeal to families who want a cohesive curriculum framework. That is a meaningful characteristic worth exploring on the school's own website, since the IB model can shape everything from classroom culture to how family engagement is structured.

Because Osceola County has only one district in the comparison set, no meaningful peer ranking is available. Graduation rate does not apply here since the school stops at fifth grade, and chronic absenteeism data were not included in the available records.

The housing market around the school's zip code shows home values that have come down year over year and are currently below both the Florida state median and the national median, making this one of the more accessible entry points into Central Florida homeownership. Rents have also softened modestly. The rent-to-income ratio sits at a level that stretches budgets, and estimated monthly mortgage costs assuming a conventional down payment would run somewhat more than rent, a gap that narrows the financial case for buying in the short term. The broader Kissimmee context matters here: this is a city in active growth, with new master-planned residential development on its edges, a planned downtown streetscape redesign that would add bike lanes and wider sidewalks, and new commercial investment near a SunRail commuter station west of downtown. For families whose work ties to the tourism economy around Disney or to healthcare near downtown, the location is practical.

No information on specific district-level changes or strategic priorities for Osceola County was retrieved before the research budget ran out, so that piece of context is simply absent.

The question for a family considering Victory Charter is straightforward: the IB framework is a genuine programmatic differentiator, and the school's demographic character reflects the community it sits in. The academic attainment numbers, as reported by the state, are low across tested grades and subjects, and that is a fact any parent should take seriously and probe directly with the school before enrolling.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 54% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 49% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 517%

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

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 51% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 47% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 48% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 46% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 14 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 3Lower-income43%Higher-income39%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income29%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income37%Higher-income18%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income40%Higher-income54%14 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income39%Higher-income35%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income12%8 pp gap