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Alumni: what's one memory from LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 504 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLANDS·NCES 120084000904
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
101 GREEN DRAGON DR, LAKE PLACID, FL 33852 · (863) 699-5070 · Highlands County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
415 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
60.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
77.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.8pp 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 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.7% | 77.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 71.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 569 | 72.9% | 63.4% |
| ANCLOTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 543 | 71.8% | 30.3% |
| R. CLEM CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 662 | 73.7% | 39.0% |
| FLORAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BARTOW | 585 | 70.9% | 47.5% |
| ELLIOTT POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 583 | 74.6% | 50.2% |
| MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 526 | 74.0% | 46.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Highlands County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #715 of 2,136 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #379 of 2,149 ▲ 114 | #2 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #810 of 2,149 ▲ 283 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,148 of 2,267 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,264 of 2,077 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #350 of 2,108 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #347 of 2,188 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.6% | #263 of 1,374 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
569
-39 (-6%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 569 | 34.5 | 16.5:1 | 73% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 34.5 | 15.9:1 | 85% (467) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 34 | 17.5:1 | 80% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 75% (457) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 78% (614) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 81% (682) |
| 2010-11 | 732 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 74% (543) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 33 | 16.6:1 | 71% (388) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in LAKE PLACID, Florida. The school has 569 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
The 22 schools of HIGHLANDS, including LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 12,040 students.
About 41% of students at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Highlands County, the White share is about 68%. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are about 16.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 34.5. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 73%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Highlands County is 10 points.
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of Florida public elementary schools.
In Florida, LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.4% compared with a predicted 44.6%.
Highlands County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $54,897 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Highlands County number 24, with about 12,040 students.
Among nearby public schools, LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 3. The school's 63.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 39 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Highlands County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,702
Census ACS
Median income
$54,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
12,040 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLANDS
- SEBRING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,849 students
- AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 980 students
- SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 840 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 834 students
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 829 students
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
Other schools in LAKE PLACID
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 829 students
- LAKE COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 604 students
- LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 507 students
Other Lake Placid Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lake Placid Elementary. LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE PLACID, NY · 228 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 829
- LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 507
- LAKE COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 604
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.9 mi · 710
- SEBRING PRE-K CENTER12.6 mi · 136
- THE ACADEMY AT YOUTH CARE LANE13.1 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 41% White, 34% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HIGHLANDS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.