WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 3575 HANCOCK RD, in CLERMONT, Florida, WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized 6-8 campus that teaches 1,017 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by LAKE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 28% bigger than that benchmark.

WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by LAKE, a district that caters to 47,997 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lake County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.5%.

Across the wider county, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,161 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 67 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 47,997 students).

IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT SOUTH LAKE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WINDY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 27%, going from 1,389 students in 2018 to 1,017 in 2025.

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