Summary:
Zip code 67865 has two schools in Minneola: Minneola Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 8, and Minneola High, serving grades 9–12. The clearest shared strength is math: in 2025–26, both schools’ reported results were above the state rate, and their equal-weighted average was 57% proficient compared with 41% statewide—a 16-point advantage.
Minneola Elementary stands out in ELA and science, while Minneola High leads in math. Elementary reported 50% proficiency in ELA and 43% in science, 15 and 20 points higher than High’s 35% and 23%; Elementary also exceeded the state by 5 points in each subject. High’s 59% math result was 3 points above Elementary’s 55%, and 18 points above the state. Grade-level results show that Elementary’s math strength is not uniform: grades 4, 5, and 8 were 20, 24, and 22 points above their state rates, while grade 3 was 3 points below. Its ELA also varied, with grades 4 and 8 above state rates by 14 and 15 points, but grade 6 below by 7.
Recent results moved in different directions. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Elementary fell 7 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 22 in science; High rose 4 points in ELA and 28 in math. SchoolDigger rankings also fluctuated more at High: it moved from the 84th percentile to the 33rd, then the 55th, while Elementary stayed between the 57th and 63rd percentiles. Both schools had lower chronic absenteeism than the state—4% at Elementary and 5% at High, versus 18% statewide. High’s graduation rate was 100%, compared with 90% statewide; its dropout rate was 1.4%, slightly above the state’s 1.2%. Elementary’s student–teacher ratio was 12.6, compared with 8.0 at High; free/reduced-lunch rates were 60% and 63%, respectively. These schools serve different grade spans, so their all-grades results are not direct same-grade comparisons.
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