LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 1995 THUNDER RD, in EAGLE LAKE, Florida, LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment 9-12 campus that serves 1,568 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within POLK. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is one of 163 schools operated by POLK, a district that caters to 116,552 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL lists that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 20% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 23.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 34.2%, a residual of -10.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Polk County shows median household income runs about $65,978, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is one of 172 public schools in Polk County (combined enrollment of about 117,004 students).

PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 1,577 students in 2018 compared to 1,568 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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