PROJECT COMPASS
ORLANDO · FL · ORANGE · Public · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 18% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PROJECT COMPASS compares for families
What families should know about PROJECT COMPASS.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Changing Lives Academy Inc., Pine Castle Christian Academy, CHANCERY HIGH CHARTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 18% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2022 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -52.2%/year, projecting from 2022's 11 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changing Lives Academy Inc. Orlando |
Private | 0.3 | 91 | +49.2% |
| Pine Castle Christian Academy Orlando |
Private | 0.5 | 243 | +48.2% |
| CHANCERY HIGH CHARTER ORLANDO |
Public · charter | 0.5 | 424 | +16.8% |
| Elite Preparatory Academy Orlando |
Private | 1.1 | 302 | +37.3% |
| Pathways Private School Orlando |
Private | 1.2 | 172 | -5.5% |
| OAK RIDGE HIGH ORLANDO |
Public | 1.3 | 2,553 | +1.2% |
| Calvary City Christian Academy & Preschool Orlando |
Private | 1.3 | 316 | +20.6% |
| ORANGE TECHNICAL COLLEGE SOUTH CAMPUS ORLANDO |
Public | 1.5 | — | — |