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What's the most underrated thing about LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
829
High
DISTRICT 743 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLANDS·NCES 120084000907
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL
202 GREEN DRAGON DR, LAKE PLACID, FL 33852 · (863) 699-5010 · Highlands County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL829 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
21.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
501 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 247 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 183 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 200 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 199 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%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
51.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.3% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 33.0% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 PLACID HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL this school | 829 | 60.4% | 47.8% |
| CRESCENT CITY JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL CRESCENT CITY | 945 | 63.4% | 36.4% |
| AVON PARK HIGH SCHOOL AVON PARK | 980 | 59.2% | 48.9% |
| T. DEWITT TAYLOR MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL PIERSON | 1,044 | 60.4% | 42.9% |
| DISCOVERY HIGH SCHOOL LAKE ALFRED | 898 | 63.7% | 37.7% |
| CLEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL CLEWISTON | 966 | 59.4% | 39.7% |
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 PLACID HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #350 of 555 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #200 of 549 ▲ 106 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #345 of 559 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 829 | #428 of 830 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #206 of 575 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #171 of 594 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #94 of 630 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #243 of 246 |
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
829
+167 (+25%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 829 | 39.5 | 21.0:1 | 60% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 829 | 41.5 | 20.0:1 | 74% (613) |
| 2022-23 | 868 | 42.5 | 20.4:1 | 66% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 662 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 57% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 62% (513) |
| 2015-16 | 821 | 53 | 15.5:1 | 69% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 37 | 21.7:1 | 60% (483) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 37 | 19.2:1 | 44% (314) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 31 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL
Located in LAKE PLACID, Florida, LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school. It enrolled 829 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is one school in a 22-school district, HIGHLANDS, which enrolls 12,040 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic (45%). Smaller groups are 36% White, 15% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Highlands County is roughly 22% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Teachers at the school number 39.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.0:1. The 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Highlands County, the average is about the same, 63%.
Measured against Florida public high schools, LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL's results are 3.1 points below predicted: 47.8% against 50.9%.
Across Highlands County, median household income is about $54,897, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Highlands County number 24 and enroll about 12,040.
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 0.1 miles from LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 662 in 2020-21 and 829 in 2024-25, a rise of 167 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.0:1.
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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
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- HILL-GUSTAT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 669 students
Other schools in LAKE PLACID
- LAKE COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 604 students
- LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 569 students
- LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 507 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 507
- LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 569
- LAKE COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 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 HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 829 students in grades 09-12.
Is LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL have?
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 36% White, 45% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL in?
LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL is part of HIGHLANDS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.