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What's the state of after-school transportation at LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL?
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Enrollment
1,568
High
DISTRICT 1,012 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK·NCES 120159003016
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL
1995 THUNDER RD, EAGLE LAKE, FL 33839 · (863) 297-3099 · Polk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,568 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
23.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
1,134 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 | 461 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 420 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 380 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 307 | 20% |
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
34.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.4% | 15.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 REGION HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,568 | 72.3% | 34.2% |
| KATHLEEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,861 | 69.8% | 37.1% |
| TENOROC HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,141 | 72.7% | 32.6% |
| HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 3,105 | 69.6% | 40.3% |
| SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL BRADENTON | 1,638 | 65.6% | 36.7% |
| HOMESTEAD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMESTEAD | 2,323 | 67.7% | 44.8% |
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 REGION HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #536 of 555 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #507 of 549 ▲ 17 | #8 of 19 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #537 of 559 ▼ 73 | #19 of 20 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,568 | #275 of 830 | #13 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #363 of 575 | #12 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.4% | #169 of 594 | #13 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #33 of 630 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #281 of 289 | #11 of 11 |
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
1,568
+170 (+12%) vs 2020
-12% since 2000-01, when it was 1,774
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 1,568 | 67 | 23.4:1 | 72% (1,134) |
| 2023-24 | 1,554 | 58 | 26.8:1 | 72% (1,112) |
| 2022-23 | 1,545 | 59 | 26.2:1 | 61% (942) |
| 2020-21 | 1,398 | 71 | 19.7:1 | 54% (748) |
| 2017-18 | 1,577 | 79 | 20.0:1 | 47% (744) |
| 2015-16 | 1,763 | 93 | 19.0:1 | 47% (826) |
| 2010-11 | 1,940 | 111 | 17.5:1 | 57% (1,103) |
| 2000-01 | 1,774 | 93 | 19.1:1 | 22% (388) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL.
About LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school that serves part of EAGLE LAKE, Florida. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 1,568 students. The average for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students, so this school is 51% above average.
Enrollment across the 163 schools in POLK totals 116,552 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL, at 48%. Enrollment also includes 29% Black and 20% White. Among people living in Polk County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 67 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 23.4:1. That matches the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 72%.
The allk12 Grade for LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.2%, compared with a predicted 44.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Polk County, the median household income is $65,978, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Polk County is home to 172 public schools and about 117,004 public school students.
Nearby, PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 41.7% on proficiency, and LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 34.2%.
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL climbed 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,398 to 1,568 students. The ratio was 19.7:1 in 2020-21 and 23.4:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
790,694
Census ACS
Median income
$65,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
172
117,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POLK
- HAINES CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,105 students
- DAVENPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,731 students
- WINTER HAVEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,648 students
- RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,632 students
- GEORGE W. JENKINS SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,469 students
- BARTOW SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,276 students
Other schools in EAGLE LAKE
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 740 students
- EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 644 students
Other Lake Region High schools
One other US public school is named Lake Region High. LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Lake Region High SchoolNaples, ME · 503 students
Nearby schools
- PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 740
- JOHN SNIVELY ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 396
- EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 644
- LAKE SHIPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 576
- WAHNETA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 491
- CYPRESS JUNCTION MONTESSORI2.9 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,568 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL?
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 20% White, 48% Hispanic, 29% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
LAKE REGION HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POLK.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.