LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL

Set in LECANTO, Florida, LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL is a roomy senior high, one of the schools within CITRUS. It educates 1,735 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 68% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Across the 26 schools in CITRUS (15,594 students total), LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Citrus County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Citrus County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 63.1%; this one comes in at 48.1%, -15.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Citrus County indicate median household income runs about $56,546, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Citrus County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,594 students), LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CREST SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL has rose 6%, going from 1,631 students in 2018 to 1,735 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 78% to 72%.

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