PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL

As a micro-enrollment four-year high school in PONCE DE LEON, Florida, PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL caters to 298 students from grades 6 through 12, one of the schools within HOLMES. That puts it 71% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

HOLMES runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,013 students. PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Holmes County reports that median household income runs about $49,343, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Holmes County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,013 students), PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PONCE DE LEON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PONCE DE LEON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 300 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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