SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL

As a well-populated high school in GROVELAND, Florida, SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL teaches 2,137 students from grades 9 through 12, part of LAKE. That puts it 106% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

LAKE comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 47,997 students; SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 38% White, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL has 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 66.4%; SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL posts 43.8%, -22.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household income runs about $73,161, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,963 (now 2,137). White enrollment moved from 48% to 38% across the same window.

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