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LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL
As a substantial secondary school in LAKE MARY, Florida, LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 2,714 students from grades 9 through 12, part of SEMINOLE. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 162% bigger than typical.
Across the 74 schools in SEMINOLE (63,934 students total), LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 128 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 55.1%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Seminole County indicate median household income runs about $85,761, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Seminole County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,934 students), LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 65.5%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE MARY HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 7%, going from 2,908 students in 2018 to 2,714 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.
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