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Which teacher or staff member at MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,500
High
DISTRICT 1,120 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE·NCES 120105001099
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL
700 N HIGHLAND ST, MOUNT DORA, FL 32757 · (352) 383-2177 · Lake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,500 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
432 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 370 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 415 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 379 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 336 | 22% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
61.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +23.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 23 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 23.0% |
% 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
53.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,500 | 28.8% | 53.9% |
| COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 1,396 | 32.0% | 48.4% |
| BARRON COLLIER HIGH SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,472 | 31.3% | 71.0% |
| NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS | 1,938 | 32.9% | 54.1% |
| BLOOMINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL VALRICO | 2,208 | 27.3% | 66.6% |
| NATURE COAST TECHNICAL HIGH BROOKSVILLE | 1,293 | 33.8% | 56.5% |
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 MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.9% | #257 of 555 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #220 of 549 ▲ 214 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #206 of 559 ▲ 64 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,500 | #290 of 830 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #305 of 575 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #184 of 594 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #492 of 630 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.9% | #30 of 246 | #1 of 7 |
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
1,500
+463 (+45%) vs 2020
+112% since 1990-91, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 1,500 | 67 | 22.4:1 | 29% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 1,412 | 65 | 21.7:1 | 31% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 1,334 | 61 | 21.9:1 | 38% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 1,037 | 52 | 19.9:1 | 34% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 1,080 | 55 | 19.6:1 | 54% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 1,024 | 52 | 19.7:1 | 50% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 1,072 | 60 | 17.9:1 | 43% (466) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 44 | 19.7:1 | 23% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 708 | 38 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL.
About MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in MOUNT DORA, Florida. A total of 1,500 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students, so this school is 45% larger than average.
The district for MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is LAKE, with 60 schools and 47,997 students.
The most common group at MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 50%. Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 17 points below the 67% share among Lake County residents. MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL operates with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 22.4:1. That is lower than the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. About 29% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That is 9 points below the 38% average for public schools in Lake County.
On BeatsExpectations, MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is 12.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lake County show that the median household income is $73,161, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 67 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 1,037 students at MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL; in 2024-25, 1,500. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.9:1 to 22.4:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
412,924
Census ACS
Median income
$73,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
47,997 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LAKE
- EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,683 students
- LAKE MINNEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,309 students
- SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,137 students
- MINNEOLA CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,763 students
- LEESBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,724 students
- AURELIA M. COLE ACADEMYElementary · 1,500 students
Other schools in MOUNT DORA
- ROUND LAKE CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 1,240 students
- MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 845 students
- TRIANGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 695 students
- CONTRACTED SERVICESCombined
Nearby schools
- MT. DORA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 845
- TRIANGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 695
- ROUND LAKE CHARTER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,240
- EUSTIS HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,274
- LAKE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE3.9 mi · 247
- EUSTIS MIDDLE SCHOOL4.0 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL?
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,500 students in grades 09-12.
Is MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL have?
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL in?
MT. DORA HIGH SCHOOL is part of LAKE.
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