SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 4515 PONCE DE LEON BLVD, in SEBRING, Florida, SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized K-5 school that instructs 588 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within HIGHLANDS.

HIGHLANDS runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 12,040 students. SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 32% Hispanic, 24% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Highlands County shows median household earnings sit near $54,897, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Highlands County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,040 students), SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 588). Black enrollment moved from 19% to 24% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for SUN 'N LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.