The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in English language arts. The lowest is 54% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Teague Middle School
Teague Middle School sits on McNeil Road in Altamonte Springs, a suburban city just north of Orlando organized around commerce and residential neighborhoods in roughly equal measure. The city's physical identity runs from the mall and office corridors near Interstate 4 to quieter lake-edged subdivisions and older communities, including a historically Black neighborhood in East Altamonte and Winwood. Publicly reported development activity shows the city is in an active growth phase, with several new multifamily projects completing or breaking ground near the SunRail station, which suggests the school's enrollment environment may shift as housing stock increases.
The school serves grades six through eight as a regular public middle school within Seminole County Public Schools. Enrollment is on the larger side for a middle school. The student body is roughly split between Hispanic and white students, with a substantial Black enrollment and smaller Asian and multiracial populations. The free and reduced-price lunch rate shows that a clear majority of students qualify, reflecting a population with real economic need, and a parent curious about the support structures in place for that population would do well to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, the picture across subjects is mixed and worth examining grade by grade. In ELA, proficiency rates across all three grades are in a similar range, with sixth and eighth grade close together and seventh grade slightly below them. That consistency suggests a steady if not high baseline in reading and writing. Math tells a more uneven story: sixth graders perform noticeably better than seventh graders, who in turn outperform eighth graders by a wide margin. The eighth-grade math result in particular is among the weaker figures in the data, and families whose students are headed into or through that grade may want to ask the school what supports are in place, especially for students preparing for algebra-level work heading into high school. Eighth-grade science, tested separately through Florida's statewide science assessment, comes in roughly similar to the ELA range. Trend data across years was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or a plateau.
The school's extracurricular footprint, based on what the data shows, is modest: debate, a gardening club, robotics, and speech and debate. Robotics in particular can serve as an on-ramp toward STEM engagement, but the listed programs are few, and a family with a student who wants a wide range of activities should ask what else exists beyond what appears here. No course access data, staffing ratios, or attendance and chronic absenteeism figures were in the data, so those dimensions of school life remain gaps.
Two district-level policy changes are directly relevant to middle schoolers here. Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, Seminole County Public Schools prohibits cell phone use for middle school students throughout the entire school day, a full-day restriction rather than an instructional-time-only rule. Separately, the district now treats AI-assisted work as plagiarism, with updated conduct and discipline codes to match. Both policies shape daily expectations for students and are worth understanding before enrollment.
On housing, the zip code around the school sits below Florida's statewide median home value and below the national median, making this part of the Orlando area relatively accessible for buyers. Rents have ticked down modestly year over year. Mortgage costs against local incomes do produce some stretch, and the price-to-income ratio is elevated, a pattern common across much of the metro. Seminole County voters in November 2024 renewed the one-cent infrastructure sales surtax, which directs funding to school improvements, security, and technology across the district, including at middle schools.
There is no graduation rate for Teague because it does not serve high school grades. A comparison against other districts in Seminole County was not possible on the proficiency index because only one district serves the county, so no peer positioning is available.
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