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Enrollment
2,714
High
DISTRICT 1,776 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEMINOLE·NCES 120171002261
LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL
655 LONGWOOD LAKE MARY RD, LAKE MARY, FL 32746 · (407) 320-9550 · Seminole County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,714 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
128 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.2:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
1,108 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 747 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 687 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 723 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 557 | 21% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.4%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.4% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 24.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,714 | 40.8% | 55.1% |
| LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 2,813 | 43.5% | 52.9% |
| UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL ORANGE CITY | 2,855 | 43.5% | 55.7% |
| DELAND HIGH SCHOOL DELAND | 2,936 | 45.4% | 57.3% |
| DURANT HIGH SCHOOL PLANT CITY | 2,504 | 36.6% | 52.3% |
| FOREST HIGH SCHOOL OCALA | 2,387 | 37.3% | 55.3% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Seminole County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #245 of 555 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #407 of 549 ▲ 21 | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #202 of 559 ▼ 24 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,714 | #44 of 830 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #227 of 575 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #156 of 594 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.8% | #346 of 630 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #182 of 289 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,714
+43 (+2%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 2,368
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 26.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,714 | 128 | 21.2:1 | 41% (1,108) |
| 2023-24 | 2,684 | 130 | 20.6:1 | 44% (1,169) |
| 2022-23 | 2,684 | 103.9 | 25.8:1 | 42% (1,122) |
| 2020-21 | 2,671 | 101 | 26.4:1 | 44% (1,176) |
| 2017-18 | 2,908 | 150 | 19.4:1 | 35% (1,027) |
| 2015-16 | 2,874 | 149 | 19.3:1 | 40% (1,145) |
| 2010-11 | 2,639 | 137 | 19.3:1 | 36% (949) |
| 2000-01 | 2,575 | 121 | 21.3:1 | 6% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 2,368 | 127 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school found in LAKE MARY, Florida. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 2,714 students on the rolls. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 162% larger than that mark.
SEMINOLE has 63,934 students spread across 74 schools.
White students make up 48% of enrollment at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 59% White among all Seminole County residents. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
A staff of 128 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 21.2:1. The average for high schools in Florida, 23.5:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 56% of Florida public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL is 5.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 55.1%. Predicted: 60.7%.
The school's county is Seminole County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $85,761 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL shares Seminole County with 76 other public schools.
GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.3 miles from LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 2,671 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 2,714. Its ratio of students to teachers was 26.4:1 in 2020-21, and 21.2:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Seminole County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
481,470
Census ACS
Median income
$85,761
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
63,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SEMINOLE
- SEMINOLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,807 students
- LAKE BRANTLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,813 students
- HAGERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,449 students
- OVIEDO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,312 students
- LAKE HOWELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,241 students
- LYMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,026 students
Other schools in LAKE MARY
- MARKHAM WOODS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 900 students
- LAKE MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 881 students
- GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 858 students
- HEATHROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 685 students
- SEMINOLE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 858
- LAKE MARY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 881
- A SEMINOLE COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL1.6 mi · 210
- UCP SEMINOLE CHILD DEVELOPMENT1.7 mi · 144
- CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 685
- SEMINOLE SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL1.8 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,714 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 48% White, 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SEMINOLE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.