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Enrollment
507
Middle
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLANDS·NCES 120084002651
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL
201 S TANGERINE AVE, LAKE PLACID, FL 33852 · (863) 699-5030 · Highlands County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Florida public middle 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
342 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 167 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 168 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 34% |
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
50.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 46.7% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 507 | 67.5% | 47.7% |
| MURRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUART | 564 | 65.2% | 46.2% |
| CHASCO MIDDLE SCHOOL PORT RICHEY | 622 | 64.3% | 37.2% |
| BURNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEFFNER | 636 | 64.9% | 33.8% |
| AVON PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL AVON PARK | 600 | 70.3% | 42.9% |
| BOK ACADEMY LAKE WALES | 640 | 64.2% | 55.8% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #360 of 560 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #388 of 560 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #326 of 560 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #471 of 584 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #67 of 547 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #180 of 553 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #75 of 565 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #147 of 379 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
507
-159 (-24%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 507 | 30.5 | 16.6:1 | 67% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 598 | 31 | 19.3:1 | 81% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 31 | 20.0:1 | 75% (465) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 38 | 17.5:1 | 70% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 71% (438) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 77% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 29 | 22.1:1 | 70% (451) |
| 2000-01 | 564 | 32 | 17.6:1 | 62% (351) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 24 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL
The public middle school LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL is located in LAKE PLACID, Florida. It reported 507 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
HIGHLANDS runs 22 schools with a combined 12,040 students. LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
The largest group at LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 45%. After that, the student body is 37% White, 14% Black, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Highlands County is about 22% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 64%.
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 16.6:1. Middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1, 3.0 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 67% at LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL.
On the allk12 Grade, LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Florida public middle schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 47.4% at LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.7%.
Looking at the county, Highlands County, median household income comes to about $54,897, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 24, with about 12,040 students.
Of the public schools around it, LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest to LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
For locale, NCES codes LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL as Town: Fringe.
From 666 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 507 by 2024-25.
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 569 students
Nearby schools
- LAKE PLACID HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 829
- LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 569
- LAKE COUNTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 604
- CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.7 mi · 710
- SEBRING PRE-K CENTER12.5 mi · 136
- THE ACADEMY AT YOUTH CARE LANE13.0 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 507 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 37% White, 45% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE PLACID MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HIGHLANDS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.