Osceola County School for the Arts, also known as OCSA, is an audition-only public arts school located in Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee, Florida

Kissimmee is a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 59,682. It is the county seat of Osceola County...

. Students who are residents of Osceola County

Osceola County, Florida

Osceola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population was 172,493. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 244,045, making it the 17th fastest-growing county in the United States. Its county seat is Kissimmee.- History :Osceola County was...

 can attend OCSA for the following majors: Visual Art, Drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

, Vocal Music

Vocal music

Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...

, Instrumental Music, Creative Writing

Creative writing

Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...

, Dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

, or Technical Theater.
OCSA serves grades 6-12 where middle school students (grades sixth, seventh, and eighth) may only major in Dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

 or Instrumental Music.

Overview

OCSA's enrollment is currently 760 students. OCSA is a minority/majority school in that female students outnumber male students by approximately 2.5 to 1. Over 50% of juniors and seniors are enrolled in AP (Advanced Placement) classes.
It has been rated an "A" school in the grading system that uses the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT , is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida...

 as its standard for six consecutive years, a 'Silver Medal' School by US News & World Report 2008, named an "American Top Public High School" by Newsweek

Newsweek

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2009 and a "5 Star" school.