Osceola Magnet School, near Vero Beach

Osceola Magnet School received an A in the 2025-26 Florida school grades, and its row shows 80 in the Percent of Total Possible Points column.

The state workbook, headed 2025-26 School Grades as of September 1, 2026, lists OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL under district 31, INDIAN RIVER, with school number 0051 (Florida Department of Education grades workbook). The Osceola Magnet School row reads A under Grade 2026 and A under Grade 2025, with 639 Total Points Earned, 8 Total Components and 98 Percent Tested. Last verified: October 22, 2026, with a fresh read of the Osceola Magnet School row, the school's home page, the 2026-2027 district Parent Guide, the NCES district list, two Census geocoder queries and the Indian River County shelter layer.

Although its home page banner lists Grades K-7, Osceola Magnet School's School Type cell reads 01, the code the workbook legend assigns to Elementary, so the elementary scale printed in the file applies: 62% of points or greater for an A. The Charter School and Title I cells for Osceola Magnet School both read NO, and the Percent of Economically Disadvantaged Students cell reads 50.1 (FLDOE file, row 1729).

The Osceola Magnet School figures above are state cells reproduced as printed, with no new arithmetic. Its Total Components cell reads 8, and the Social Studies Achievement and Middle School Acceleration cells are blank in its 2026 row.

The Osceola Magnet School row holds an A in almost every grade column, with a B in the Grade 2014 column and a B in the Grade 1999 column.

Reading across row 1729 of the workbook, the Grade 2024 cell for Osceola Magnet School reads A, the Informational Baseline Grade 2023 cell reads A and the Grade 2022 cell reads A, while the Grade 2021 cell is blank (FLDOE workbook, Osceola Magnet School row). Grade 2019 through Grade 2016 all read A, as does the Informational Baseline Grade 2015 cell. Grade 2014 reads B. From Grade 2013 back to Grade 2000 the cells read A, and the oldest column, Grade 1999, reads B. The file has no 2020 column at all.

For reading those letters, the note at the top of the same workbook sets the elementary bands that apply to Osceola Magnet School's School Type: C runs from 41% to 53% of points, D from 32% to 40%, and F is 31% of points or less (FLDOE grading scale note). The note also prints separate, higher bands for middle schools and for high and combination schools: an A for a middle school starts at 64% of points, and for a high or combination school at 65%.

Two official addresses are in circulation for Osceola Magnet School: the school's website gives 480 20th Avenue SW, and the district's 2026-2027 Parent Guide gives 1110 18th Avenue SW.

The school website's Find Us block reads Osceola Magnet School, 480 20th Avenue SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962, with main number (772) 564-5821 and fax (772) 564-5827 (Osceola Magnet School website). The district Parent Guide's contact table lists Osceola Magnet School at 1110 18th Avenue SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962, with the same 564-5821 number and the hashtag #MyOMS (SDIRC 2026-2027 Parent Guide, page 14). The federal NCES list also prints 1110 18TH AVE SW for the school, phone (772) 564-5821 (NCES Indian River school list). The school site, the guide and NCES all give the same 564-5821 main line, the number to call to confirm the campus address.

The Indian River County shelter layer lists both buildings. It names OSCEOLA MAGNET SCHOOL at 480 20TH AV SW, and it names the building at 1110 18TH AV SW as ANNEX B (FORMALLY OSCEOLA MAGNET), spelled that way in the county data (Indian River County public shelter layer).

Both Osceola Magnet School addresses carry Vero Beach mail, but the Census geocoder places each one in Florida Ridge CDP, outside the City of Vero Beach, so the school sits near Vero Beach rather than inside it.

A geocoder query for 480 20th Avenue SW, Vero Beach, FL 32962 matched 480 20TH AVE SW, VERO BEACH, FL, 32962 and placed it in Florida Ridge CDP (GEOID 1223050) with no city entry (Census geocoder, 480 20th Avenue SW). The same query for 1110 18th Avenue SW matched 1110 18TH AVE SW, VERO BEACH, FL, 32962 and returned the same Florida Ridge CDP (Census geocoder, 1110 18th Avenue SW). The Indian River County schools guide places Osceola Magnet School among the district's other campuses.

The Census Bureau's 2024 place gazetteer gives Florida Ridge CDP, GEOID 1223050, 10.746 square miles of land and 1.813 square miles of water (Census Bureau 2024 gazetteer of Florida places). The same file lists Vero Beach city as a separate place, GEOID 1274150, with 11.582 square miles of land.

Osceola Magnet School lists kindergarten through grade 7 for 2026-2027, and the district Parent Guide prints the note (K-8th by 2027-2028) beside that span.

The school banner reads 8:10 am-2:51 pm, Grades K-7 and 772-564-5821, followed by the school's theme line, "A School of Mathematics and Engineering" (Osceola Magnet School home page). In the district guide's contact table, the grades entry for Osceola Magnet School reads K-7th with the note (K-8th by 2027-2028) (Parent Guide contact table). The federal NCES list, whose enrollment comes from the 2024-2025 school year, shows Osceola Magnet School with 524 students in grades KG-6 (NCES Common Core of Data).

The Osceola Magnet School day follows the district's middle and K-8 bell rather than the elementary one. The Parent Guide schedules Middle School and K-8 from 8:10 a.m. to 2:51 p.m., with modified days ending at 1:00 p.m. (Parent Guide, School Schedules). Its Extended Day section includes an Osceola Magnet Online Registration link, charges a $32.00 registration fee for a first child and lists 772-564-4999 for questions.

Osceola seats are choice seats: the Parent Guide places magnet programs within School Choice, a yearly application that ends in a lottery.

The Parent Guide describes one yearly choice window, opening November 1 and closing when June ends, inside the Focus parent portal, where a single request may rank as many as three campuses and an offer must be answered within ten days of the lottery (Parent Guide, School Choice). Bus service for magnet students starts with a call to the district Department of Transportation, which assigns a depot stop, according to the guide's transportation page.

Section 1002.31 of the Florida Statutes, the controlled open enrollment law, also binds district choice processes, including the one that fills campuses near Vero Beach. Its preference list covers four groups: children of active duty service members who moved on military orders, children placed in foster care in a different school zone, children who moved after a court custody order or a custodial parent's serious illness or death, and students who live in the district (Florida Statutes, section 1002.31). The same section requires the process to let parents declare school preferences, including placing siblings at the same school, and to establish an appeals process for hardship cases alongside the lottery.

The county shelter register lists Osceola Magnet School as a general shelter for south county in the first opening wave, with a capacity of 2,139, and the 1110 18th Avenue SW building as a second wave shelter.

In the Indian River County layer, the 480 20TH AV SW entry for Osceola Magnet School carries the function SHELTER, the area SOUTH COUNTY, the opening order WAVE 1 and a capacity of 2139 (county shelter register). The ANNEX B entry at 1110 18TH AV SW is also a SOUTH COUNTY SHELTER, in WAVE 2, with a capacity of 1109. Residents of Florida Ridge and nearby Vero Beach can check the register in advance to see which school buildings are on it.