INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in INTERLACHEN, Florida, INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized 9-12 campus, overseen by PUTNAM. It works with 999 students across grades 7 through 12.

Within PUTNAM, which oversees 18 schools and 10,082 students, INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 16% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Putnam County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.2%; INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL posts 33.5%, -18.7 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Putnam County shows the typical household earns roughly $47,934 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Putnam County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,082 students), INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ROBERT H. JENKINS JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at INTERLACHEN JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL has edged up 34%, going from 744 students in 2018 to 999 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 73% to 68%. Class-load math has fell: from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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