PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY

PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY, a rural-scale senior high in CLERMONT, Florida, part of LAKE, instructs 262 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 75% leaner than typical.

LAKE runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 47,997 students. PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 52.4:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Lake County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.9%, the actual is 82.1%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,161 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lake County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students), PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EAST RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. PINECREST LAKES MIDDLE/HIGH ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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