WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in SEBRING, Florida, one of the schools within HIGHLANDS, instructing 834 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 38% larger than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% Hispanic, 19% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of +10.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Highlands County put median household income runs about $54,897, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Highlands County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,040 students), of which WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SEBRING MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 49.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 39%: 600 students in 2018 compared to 834 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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