The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in English language arts. The lowest is 41% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Milwee Middle School
Milwee Middle School sits on South Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Longwood, a small city in Seminole County just north of Orlando. The school serves sixth through eighth grade as a regular public school in the Seminole County Public Schools district. Its enrollment is large enough that each grade cohort is a substantial community unto itself, and the student body is racially and ethnically diverse, with Hispanic and White students each making up a meaningful share, Black students representing another substantial portion, and smaller numbers of Asian and multiracial students. A majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, meaning Milwee serves a population with a wide range of economic circumstances. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in what we reviewed.
On Florida's state assessments, the picture across subjects is mixed and shifts noticeably by grade. In reading and writing, results are consistent across all three grades, with roughly three in five students testing proficient each year. That ELA pattern holds from sixth grade through eighth, which suggests a reasonably stable literacy program. Math tells a different story. Sixth graders pass at a rate below half, seventh graders do meaningfully better, and eighth graders fall to the lowest math proficiency of any grade tested at the school. That eighth-grade math dip is substantial enough that a parent whose child is on a pre-algebra or algebra track may want to ask the school directly about the program structure and supports available at that level. On the state science assessment, taken in eighth grade, just over half of students reached proficiency, a middling result. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability.
The one program listed in the data is a robotics club, which suits a middle school setting and can be a gateway for students interested in engineering or technology. Information on other extracurriculars, electives, or academic supports was not surfaced in the available data; the school's own website would be the right place to look for a fuller picture of what is offered.
Two Seminole County district-wide changes are worth knowing. Starting in the 2025-26 school year, middle school students are prohibited from using cell phones throughout the entire school day, a stricter standard than what applies to high school students in the same district. And as of 2024-25, the district treats schoolwork generated with AI tools as plagiarism, a policy that shapes academic integrity expectations at the middle school level. Families should be aware of both as they think about day-to-day school life. On the funding side, voters in Seminole County renewed a countywide infrastructure sales tax that directs money to school improvements, security upgrades, and technology, which sustains facility investment across the district including at schools like Milwee.
Longwood itself is a residential city with a genuine if compact historic downtown anchored by a SunRail commuter rail station, Reiter Park, and a cluster of late-1800s buildings. Most residents commute elsewhere in Seminole or Orange County for work, though the city carries a substantial industrial and commercial core. The Seminole Wekiva Trail provides a long paved route for walking and biking. Development near the SunRail station is active, with transit-oriented housing already open and more mixed-use projects in planning stages. The area's housing market sits above the Florida state median and noticeably above the national median, with home values having slipped modestly over the past year while rents have edged upward. The rent-to-income ratio runs near the upper end of what is generally considered affordable for renters. Buyers should note that while the school district's property tax millage rate has ticked down slightly in recent years, rising home values have left most homeowners paying more in total school taxes than before.
Comparison data against other districts in Seminole County was not applicable here because Seminole County has only one school district, leaving no peer group for a within-county comparison.
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