Client success · K-12 and higher education partnership
CFEED: An AI-Powered Data Platform for Central Florida's Student Success Partnership
The short answer
Midtown Consulting Group (MCG) built and helps operate the Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database (CFEED), a cloud data platform on Microsoft Azure that combines data from Orange County Public Schools, Osceola County schools, Valencia College and the University of Central Florida. CFEED follows students from pre-K through postsecondary education and delivers predictive insights and recommended actions that support Florida's SAIL to 60 credential attainment goal.
Last updated November 2026
At a Glance
- Client
- Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database (CFEED) partnership
- Partners
- Orange County Public Schools, Osceola County schools, Valencia College, University of Central Florida
- Sector
- K-12 and Higher Education
- Services
- Reference architecture, data sourcing and wrangling, multi-institution data integration, predictive machine learning models, AI search, research analysis, visualization and user interfaces, analyst team
- Technologies
- Microsoft Azure, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Machine Learning Studio, Microsoft Foundry, Power BI, MCG reference architecture
- Goal
- Expand access to higher education, reduce attrition through intervention, improve transfer success and raise graduation rates, in support of Florida's SAIL to 60 goal
- Outcome
- A production analytics and AI platform with an analyst team, a portfolio of more than 300 research projects and student interventions
Challenge
One student journey, four institutions
Two school districts, a state college and a university wanted to understand each student's journey and intervene earlier: to expand access to higher education, reduce attrition, improve transfer success and raise graduation rates. But student data lived in separate systems, so no one could see the full path from pre-K to a postsecondary credential.
Solution
An AI-powered platform on Microsoft Azure
Using its reference architecture, MCG built a platform on Microsoft Azure that stitches together the journey of each student in the Orlando area, from pre-K through postsecondary education. Predictive machine learning models then deliver insights, recommended actions and new ways to measure student readiness and needs.
Outcome
300+ research projects and counting
CFEED is now a production analytics and AI platform. Its analyst team has built a portfolio of more than 300 research projects, and an AI search tool built with Microsoft Foundry lets partners find and connect current and past research. Findings feed directly into student interventions like the programs below. See CFEED's impacts.
Data-Driven Programs Supported by CFEED
Osceola Prosper Program
Read about the program →UCF Downtown Scholars Initiative
Read about the initiative →Helios Supports Student Transfer Success
Read about the grant →Capabilities Used in This Project
Building a regional data partnership?
MCG builds multi-institution data platforms on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric, with machine learning models for student readiness, user interfaces for researchers and staff, and AI assistants built on Anthropic's Claude, Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio so researchers and leaders can ask questions in plain language.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CFEED?
CFEED, the Central Florida Education Ecosystem Database, is a shared data platform that connects student data from Central Florida school districts, Valencia College and UCF to guide operational changes and student interventions. Midtown Consulting Group built it and helps run it.
Which organizations are part of CFEED?
Orange County Public Schools, Osceola County schools, Valencia College and the University of Central Florida, with Midtown Consulting Group as the data and AI solution provider.
How does CFEED use AI?
CFEED uses predictive machine learning models to surface insights and recommended actions across the student journey, along with new measures of student readiness and need that help partners target interventions. Partners also use AI search, built with Microsoft Foundry, to search and connect current and past research projects.
Can MCG build a similar data partnership in another region?
Yes. MCG designs and operates multi-institution education data platforms on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric, from concept to production.
About Midtown Consulting Group
Midtown Consulting Group (MCG) is an Atlanta-based data and AI consulting firm and Microsoft Solutions Partner for Data & AI (Azure). Its 100+ consultants design, build and run data platforms and AI solutions for K-12 school districts, colleges, universities and businesses, specializing in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, machine learning and generative AI with Anthropic's Claude, Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio.
Connect the full student journey
Talk with the team that built CFEED about a data platform for your partnership.