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Olympia High School

4301 S Apopka-vineland Ro, Orlando, FL, 32835 -

tel: (407)905-6400
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Definition of Terms

Olympia High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

3157 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

154 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 849 students

Grade 10 - 918 students

Grade 11 - 777 students

Grade 12 - 613 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	8%	2%
% Hispanic	17%	25%
% Black	23%	23%
% White	51%	48%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

42%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Orange County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	211	20
Number of Students Managed	175,662 students	12,342 students
District Total Revenue	$1,556,195,000	$110,828,000
District Expenditure	$1,516,974,000	$112,427,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,859	$7,755
District Expenditure / Student	$8,636	$7,433
District Graduation Rates	83%	81%

Olympia High School is a high school in Orlando, Florida. Classes began in 2001. The school is one of seventeen public high schools in Orange County. Olympia High School offers the APEX program.
APEX program at OHS: The Advanced Placement Experience Scholars Academy (APEX) at Olympia High School offers a rigorous, comprehensive four-year curriculum to a select group of academically talented and gifted students. The Academy requires that students take a core of designated courses during each of their four years in high school including at least six Advanced Placement courses and six Advanced Placement exams. Required APEX courses are designed to help students reach their academic goals, to facilitate interdisciplinary learning, and to encourage a cohort approach. With these requirements, students are still able to exercise considerable freedom to emphasize course work of their own choosing. Students are selected at the end of the eighth grade. Selection is based on a student application, teacher recommendation, standardized testing, student essay, and interview.
Benefits of the APEX Academy: School within a school, cohort group approach.
Students can save college tuition and time by earning college credits in high school.
Minimum of 18 hours of college credit earned in high school. Potential of 30 hours of college credit which equates to other competitive high school programs, like the International Baccalaureate.
Freshman Year: APEX Biology APEX English 9 AP Human Geography.
Sophomore Year: APEX English 10 AP World History (2006-07) Honors Chemistry.
Junior Year: AP English Language 1 additional AP course (Student's Choice).
Senior Year: Minimum of 2 AP courses (Student's Choice).
APEX Students Guidance Counselor Amy Wunder.
Assistant Principal in charge of the APEX Academy Eva Fox.
Advanced Placement courses offered at Olympia High School: AP Art History, AP Studio Art (Drawing), AP Studio Art (General), AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics, AP American Government, AP American History, AP European History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Psychology, AP World History (2006-07), AP Latin Language/Literature, AP Italian Language/Literature, AP Spanish Language/Literature.
Athletic teams at OHS (as of 2006): Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cheerleading, Crew, Cross country running, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, Water Polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling.
Orchestra: The Olympia High School Orchestra program was founded by Ms. Erin Foley in 2002, Olympia's second year. It started with five students - Lauren, Al, Anna, Sophia, and Nadia - who were the pioneers of the orchestra program. We joked that having an orchestra with three violins and a viola was like having a band with three flutes and a clarinet, but we made do with the musicians and resources that we had. We learned some important lessons, made some good friends, and set the stage for the years to come.
Year two was an exciting year of firsts for the growing orchestra program. We had guest conductors from various colleges, including Stetson, UCF, and UF. We hosted our first Unit Concert, including over 300 students from our feeder chain, grades four and up. We also had our first trip to District MPA, and earned an Excellent.
Still growing and thriving in 2005, our program was 26 members strong. We split into two classes - String Orchestra and the advanced Chamber Orchestra. We had our first member accepted into All-State, and four accepted into All-County. District MPA went even better this year, and our orchestra was awarded a Superior rating! At our first trip to State MPA, we were awarded an Excellent rating and had many great comments from the judges on our young program.
Last year, we had 40 students and took two separate orchestras to MPA - String Orchestra earned an Excellent and Chamber Orchestra earned a Superior. At the Heritage Festival in Atlanta, the Orchestra took home a Gold Award, the Outstanding Orchestra Award, and the Festival Sweepstakes Award (a team win with Choir!). Now with 55 students in three separate orchestra classes in 2006, the Titan Orchestras plan to travel to Boston for the Heritage Festival of Gold.
The Titan Orchestra program has a bright future. With excellent orchestras at both Chain of Lakes and Gotha Middle Schools, we are ensured great string player for years to come. We may still be the new kid on the block, but we have proven ourselves as dedicated and talented musicians. We are a winning team, and would love to have you join us! Contact Ms. Foley for more information (foleye@ocps.net or 407-905-6400 x4131).
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About This Zip Code (32835)

School Zip (32835)

(FL) State Average

Population (Approximate)

31,387 people

15,366,089 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

47%

27%

Population Average Age

32 years old

37 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.3 persons

Median Household Income

$50,389

$38,396

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

4.8 rooms

5.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

17 years old

32 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

49% / 51%

67% / 33%

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