Access Charter

Access Charter is a small high school in Orlando, FL, serving 129 students in grades 6-12 in the Orange school district. That headcount is below the 769-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 65% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 15 points above the 50% average for the Orange school district. Against the 48% Florida statewide average, the school sits 17 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 16 points. As a high school, it reports a 94% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 10.8 to 1, below the U.S. average of roughly 16 to 1, which generally allows more adult attention per student. A relatively low 2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It operates as a charter school — publicly funded and tuition-free, under an authorizer-issued charter.